SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock University chapter of the NAACP will bring Makunga Akinyela, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the department of African-American studies at Georgia State University, to campus at 6 p.m. Thursday to open a discussion titled “Understanding Ferguson: dismantling police brutality in black and brown communities.”

The event is part of Black History Month celebration.

Akinyela is founder of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and will present findings from its comprehensive report titled “Operation Ghetto Storm: #Every28Hours,” which details 313 police-related deaths of people of color in 2012.

SLIPPERY ROCK — A six-part Slippery Rock University feature film series focused on women has been designed to get the campus community talking about women's roles in the media and encouraging critical thinking, according to Jodi Solito, director of the University's Women's Center and Pride Center.The series includes two films in February, Black History Month, geared to African-American women's issues.Each film will include a student-led discussion following the showing.Five of the films will be presented at 7 p.m. in the Women's Center in the Smith Student Center. The exception, “Miss Representation,” will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Smith Student Center Theater.Films in the series are:• Wednesday, “For Colored Girls”• Feb. 18, “Secret Life of Bees”• March 15, “The Help”• March 25, “Thelma and Louise”• April 7, “Miss Representation”• April 25, “Boys on the Side”

SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University's Government Contracting Assistance Center will host a free “Selling Through FedBid” webinar from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday.FedBid is a fully-managed online marketplace designed to optimize how federal, state and local governments, commercial businesses and educational institutions purchase goods and services through a reverse auction-based platform.Office supplies, IT products and landscaping services are a few examples of purchases made through FedBid.Participants in the webinar will receive an introduction to FedBid, information on how to get started, demonstrations on how to find buys and step-by-step guidance on how to place bids.For additional information, contact Renee Decker, GCAC contract specialist, at 724-738-2346, or <a href="http://cupgaco.ecenterdirect.com/ConferenceDetail.action?ID=141" target="_blank">register online</a>.