The University Record, January 7, 1997
Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium:
Campaign for A Unified Community of Justice
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The selected theme for this year’s Symposium, “Campaign for a Unified Community of Justice,” challenges us to clearly and publicly articulate the critical value of our multicultural perspectives in the academy. Meeting this challenge is especially important today because, in recent years, a vocal few have captured the attention of the American media by casting aspersions on the importance of diversity in higher education. Historian Lawrence Levine concludes his new book, The Opening of the American Mind, by saying, “An understanding of our past, our complexity, our diversity, and our cultural distinctiveness can free us to face our problems and embrace the possibilities our history, our development, our culture have given us.” The MLK Symposium gives us a special opportunity to consider all of these issues and to contemplate how Michigan can become the model multicultural university of the 21st century, where group and individual differences are honored, common humanity celebrated, and justice is assured for all.
I wish to thank the members of MLK Symposium Planning Committee, our invited guest speakers and artists, and the many individuals involved in the program planning within campus units. Their commitment and hard work has made this celebration possible for the entire University community.
Lester P. Monts
Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs
Professor of Music
1997 MLK Symposium Events
The following events are coordinated by the 1997 MLK Symposium Planning Committee, and are sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Initiatives, the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and the 1997 MLK Symposium Planning Committee, unless otherwise stated. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
Symposium Opening Performance: CeCe Winans
Date: Jan. 19
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Power Center
CeCe Winans, one of contemporary music’s most acclaimed vocalists, keeps popping up in unexpected places. She has performed on The Tonight Show, counted with Big Bird on Sesame Street, guest starred on Fox’s sitcom Martin, and appeared in television commercials. As one-half of the award winning duo, BeBe & CeCe, she has garnered acceptance in R&B and Christian music circles alike.
1997 MLK Memorial Lecture
Keynote Speaker: Mary Frances Berry, chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Date: Jan. 20
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place: Hill Auditorium
Civil rights advocate Mary Frances Berry has served as the chairperson of the United States Commission on Civil Rights since 1980 and is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania. She served as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Education in the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) from 1977 to 1980.
Community Service Project: Acting on the Dream
Date: Jan. 20
Time: 1- 7 p.m. (time will vary with activity)
Place: Kick-off at Angell Hall Auditorium A and then departure for various community organizations in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti and Detroit areas.
Sponsors: Project SERVE, Black Volunteer Network, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, College of Engineering, School of Public Health, and the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives.
Contact: 936-2437 or 936-1055
This year’s program will be even larger than those of previous years, including opportunities with local and Detroit-area community agencies. Students, faculty, and staff are eligible to participate. Transportation and dinner are provided. Participants receive a free T-shirt and are invited to a reflection dinner and slide show to be held the week following “Acting on the Dream.”
Symposium Panel
Affirmative Action in the Academy: Safeguarding the Gains Made
Date: Jan. 20
Time: 3:15-5:15 p.m.
Place: Room 100, Hutchins Hall, Law School
Sponsors: Faculty Senate, Michigan Student Assembly, MLK Symposium Planning Committee
Panelists: Dennis Hayashi, director, Office for Civil Rights, U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; Theodore M. Shaw, professor of law, others TBA.
Moderators: Fiona Rose, president, Michigan Student Assembly; Tom Dunn, professor of chemistry, chair of SACUA
Symposium Panel: Activism in Backlash Times
Date: Jan. 21
Time: 3-5 p.m.
Place: Angell Hall Auditorium B
Sponsors: Student Activities and Leadership, MLK Symposium Planning Committee
Panelists: Amiri Baraka; Joanne Watson, executive director, Detroit chapter NAACP; Valerie Yoshimura, president, Japanese American Citizens’ League; others TBA
Symposium Panel: Peaceful Resolution of Conflict in the Global Village
Date: Jan. 23
Time: 4- 6 p.m.
Place: Angell Hall Auditorium A
Panelists: Jose Alvarez, professor of law; Randall Robinson, others TBA
MLK Unity March
Date: Jan. 20
Time: Noon
Sponsor: Black Student Union
Contact: 747-1067
Participants will assemble at the corner of South University and Forest Ave. at 11:30 a.m., march to the Diag, and assemble there to listen to speakers.
Symposium Lecture
Speaker: Dennis Banks
Date: Jan. 28
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Banks—Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author—co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) to protect the traditional ways of Indian people and protect treaty rights of Native Americans.
Symposium Lecture
Speaker: Manning Marable
Date: Jan. 22
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: Mendelssohn Theatre
Manning Marable is a professor of history and director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York City. Since 1976, Marable has written a political and public affairs commentary series, Along the Color Line, which is published in more than 280 newspapers and journals in the United States and abroad.
Symposium Closing Performance: Sounds of Blackness
with special guests, the University of Michigan Gospel Chorale
Date: Jan. 20
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Hill Auditorium
Contact: University Musical Society box office, 764-2538
Sponsors: University Musical Society, the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs, and First of America Bank
Access: $12-$26
Sounds of Blackness, which has performed with Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson and Luther Vandross, offers a journey through the history of Black music, performing Negro spirituals, gospel songs, jazz,
rhythm and blues, urban contemporary and rap music.
UNIT-SPONSORED EVENTS
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
January 14
Panel: The Legacy of Black Representation and Academic Justice for All Minorities in Psychology
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: 4448 Colloquium Room, East Hall
Sponsor: Black Student Psychological Association
Contact: Melanie Talley ([email protected]), 764-6332
Features alumni of color: Kathleen Berlew, Ruby Beale and Cleopatra Caldwell.
January 15
Dialogue
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Eaton House Piano Lounge, Baits Residence Halls
Sponsors: Baits Houses Residence Halls
Contact: Martha Kirpes ([email protected]), 764-3162
Participants diagram conceptions of community, share ideas of what justice means and formulate ways to act in the community.
January 16
Presentation
Time: 8-9 p.m.
Place: Rackham Amphitheatre
Sponsors: University Health Service, UHS Multicultural Awareness Committee
Speakers: Tony Denton, associate hospitals administrator, and Carnelle Dowell, Tennessee State University.
Contact: Gwen Chivers, 763-3422 or Tamaria Conner, 763-3565
January 17
Lecture: Social Determinance of Medical Care
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Place: Ford Auditorium, University Hospital
Sponsors Dept. of Internal Medicine, U-M Medical School
Contact: Diane McFarland ([email protected]), 763-0992
Speaker: Franklyn G. Prendergast, director, Mayo Cancer Center.
Motivational Speakers
Time: 4-5 p.m.
Place: Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Sponsors: Dept. of Ophthalmology, Visions of Diversity Team
Contact: Jennifer Ziehm-Scott 647-3199
Features Mark “Doc” Andrews of WOMC Radio.
January 19
Film: Bless Their Little Hearts
Dates: Jan. 19-20
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Michigan Theater
Sponsor: Program in Film and Video Studies
Contact: N. Frank Ukadike ([email protected]), 747-3363
Director Billy Woodberry brings the restraint of the blues to the story of Charlie Banks and his family as they weather the ordeal of his joblessness.
Lecture-Recital
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: North Campus, Macintosh Theatre, School of Music (Moore Building)
Sponsor: School of Music, Black Arts Council
Contact: Ellwood Derr ([email protected]), 764-5573
Live performance by Ellwood Derr and other musicians of selected works of Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de St.
George, Black violinist, composer and athlete in 18th century Paris.
The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. HolidaY
January 20
Performance: Reading from Prism III, Women and Domestic Violence
Time: 8 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Place: 1100 Angell Hall, Conference Room
Sponsors: English Composition Board
Contact: Renee Moreno ([email protected]), 647-4523 or Jean Leverich
Speaker: Valerie Sweeny Prince, doctoral candidate, English
Community Service Projects: University of Michigan-Dearborn
Live the Dream: Volunteer and Make the Difference
Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Place: Various Detroit-area locations
Sponsor: University of Michigan-Dearborn
Contact: Randy Frank, 313-593-5555
Luncheon-Panel
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Place: 6050 Institute for Social Research
Sponsor: Institute for Social Research
Contact: James S. Jackson or Dale C. Jerome ([email protected]), 763-2491
Speakers: Edward M. Gramlich, dean and professor of public policy; Michael T. Nettles, professor of education; Hanes Walton, professor of political science and faculty associate, Center for Political Studies; and Sheldon H. Danziger, professor of social work and public policy.
Ethnic buffet followed by a panel discussion.
Exhibit: The Means to an End . . . A Shadow Drama in Five Acts
Time: Noon
Place: Museum of Art
Sponsor: Museum of Art
Contact: Whitley Hill ([email protected]). 764-0395
Lecture: African-Americans, Jews, and Arabs: Conflicts, Coalitions, and Future Prospects
Time: 1-2:30 p.m.
Place: Commons, 144 Lane Hall
Sponsors Near Eastern Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Contact: Nancy Boatner ([email protected]), 764-0314
Speaker: Ahman Abdurrahman, graduate student in African and African- American Studies.
Live Radio Broadcast
Time: 1-2 p.m.
Sponsor: WUOM Michigan Radio, 91.7 FM
Contact: Harriet Teller ([email protected]), 764-9210
Live broadcast by Bob Whitman, Michigan Radio News Director and host of the call-in program, “A State Divided: De Facto Segregation in Michigan.”
Presentation: It’s the Dawn of a New Day
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Place: Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union
Sponsor: Women of Color Task Force
Contact: Alfreda Onimo ([email protected]) 747.0932
Speakers: Edith Lewis, professor of social work and women’s studies; and Lorraine Gutierrez, professor of social work and of psychology.
Dialogue
Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Place: Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
Sponsor: Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Contact: Shari Saunders ([email protected]), 764-2588
Participants will have an opportunity to hear and discuss anecdotes and incidents that focus on various aspects of diversity in the teaching/learning experience.
Lecture
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: Hale Auditorium, Assembly Hall
Sponsor: University of Michigan Business School
Contact: Doris Sanford and Kathy Heutschel, 936-3515
Speaker: Julian Bond, civil rights activist and host of “America’s Black Forum,” scholar-in-residence at American University, Washington, D.C., and faculty member, University of Virginia
Lecture: Race and Academia: A Dilemma for the New Millennium
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: Anderson Room, Michigan Union
Sponsor: Dept. of Sociology
Contact: Max Heirich ([email protected]), 763-1187
Speaker: Aldon Morris, chair of the Dept. of Sociology, Northwestern University
Lecture
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: Clements Library
Sponsors: Center for Afroamerican & African Studies, Dept. of History, Clements Library
Contact: Evans Young ([email protected]), 764-5513
Speaker: Elsa Barkley Brown, Center for Afroamerican & African Studies
Lecture
Time: 2-3:30 p.m.
Place: Michigan Union Ballroom
Sponsors: School of Information, University Library, Information Technology
Division
Contacts: Julie Herrada ([email protected]), 764-9377 or Margaret Taylor, ([email protected]), 747-3593
Speaker: Farai Chideya, a CNN political analyst, journalist, author.
Panel
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Place: Schorling Auditorium, School of Education
Sponsor: School of Education
Contact: Karen Wixson ([email protected]), 764-9470
School of Education students’ experiences with diversity in the context of ongoing projects and activities.
Panel
Time: 2-3:30 p.m.
Place: 3050 Frieze Bldg.
Sponsor: English Language Institute
Contact: John Swales ([email protected]), 764-2418
Moderator: John Swales, professor of linguistics and director, English Language Institute
Is the spread of academic English a threat to national academic cultures? An international graduate student panel discussion.
Presentation Open Forum: A Multicultural Update
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Place: Kellogg Auditorium, School of Dentistry
Sponsor: School of Dentistry
Contact: Cara Voss ([email protected]), 763-3311
Lecture and Discussion
Religious Community/ Secular Community: African-American Religion and the University
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: 1300 Chemistry Bldg.
Sponsor: Program on Studies in Religion
Contact: Leslie Dorfman ([email protected]), 764-4475
Speaker: Daryl Ward, clergyman, lawyer and head of the Urban Outreach Foundation in Dayton, Ohio.
Reading
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Alumni Center Founders Room
Sponsor: Alumni Association
Contact: Michelle Henry ([email protected]), 763-2452
Two students read winning essays defending a position for or against the statement, “Affirmative action has outlived its usefulness and should be brought to an end.”
Dialogue-Panel
Building Communities Through Teamwork: Student-Staff-Faculty Forum & Reception
Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Place: 1320 Beal, FXB Bldg., Boeing Auditorium
Sponsor: College of Engineering
Contact: Lisa Payton ([email protected]), 647-7151
Performance: Diversity in Music
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: Rackham Auditorium
Sponsors: School of Music, African American Music Council, Black Arts Council
Contact: Willis Patterson ([email protected]), 764-0586
Poetry Reading
Odu: A Gathering of Poets Honoring the Legacy, Seeking the Dream
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: Hayden Lounge, Room 111, West Hall
Sponsors: Center for Afroamerican & African Studies, CAAS Collective
Contact: Evans Young ([email protected]), 764-5513
Film and Lecture: The Incident at Oglala
Time: 3- 6 p.m.
Place: East Conference Room, Rackham Bldg.
Sponsor: Native American Student Association
Contact: Shannon Martin ([email protected]), 763-9044
Speaker: Kevin Camp of the Leonard Peltier Support Group.
Performance
The Reverend Clifton Davis — Dramatic Presentations and Songs
Time: 3:30-5p.m.
Place: Power Center
Sponsor: Business and Finance Diversity Committee
Contact: George Elliott ([email protected]), 763-4042
Conversation Hour: The Psychology of Racial and Ethnic Identity
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Place: Psychological Clinic Conference Room, East Hall
Sponsor: Psychological Clinic
Contact: Kim Leary ([email protected]), 764-3471
Dialogue Diversity and the Disciplines: A Research Agenda
Time: 3-5 p.m.
Place: Rackham Bldg., West Conference Room, 4th Floor
Sponsors: Office of the Vice President for Research and Rackham School of q Graduate Studies
Contact: Lee Katterman ([email protected]), 763-6048
Dialogue: Building Just Communities Through Dialogue
Time: 4-7 p.m.
Place: 2nd Floor, Michigan League
Sponsors: Program on Intergroup Relations Conflict and Community, Office of the
Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs
Contact: Teresa Graham Brett ([email protected]), 764-7420 or Allison Hoff, 936-1875
Lecture: Superstrings: Why Einstein Would Love Spaghetti in Fundamental Physics
Time: 4-5 p.m.
Place: 170 Dennison
Sponsor: Physics Dept.
Contact: Katie Freese, 764-4334 or Elaine Moore ([email protected]), 936-0657
Speaker: James Gates, professor of physics, University of Maryland.
Panel: Are We Campaigning for a Unified Community of Justice?
Time: 4-5:30 p.m.
Place: Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union
Sponsors: Michigan Union Program Board, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs
Contact: John Mountz ([email protected]), 763-3202
Community and student leaders discuss Dr. King’s vision of community.
Panel
Time: 4-5:30 p.m.
Place: Room 9, International Center
Sponsors: International Center, Office of International Programs
Contact: Bill Nolting ([email protected]), 647-2299
Features Rosetta Mitchell, International Center Peer Advisor, and others reporting about the challenges and rewards of going abroad.
Exhibit-Reception: My Sister, My Brother
Time: 5:30-7 p.m.
Place: Michigan Union Art Lounge
Sponsors: Michigan Union Program Board, Caribbean Students Association
Contact: John Mountz ([email protected]), 763-3202
Artist’s reception for exhibition of art and photography depicting the successes and struggles of African Americans.
Film & Discussion: Struggle and Success: African American Experience in Japan
Time: 6-8:30 p.m.
Place: 108 Lane Hall
Sponsor: Japan Student Association
Contact: Minako Mochida ([email protected])
Created by an African American who lived in Japan, the film documents his fellow countrymen who found a niche in Japan.
Tuesday, January 21
Dialogue: Apathy Toward Activism: A Form of Moral and Political Suicide
Time: Noon-1:30 p.m.
Location: 1st Floor, Alumni Center
Sponsors: The schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work, College of Pharmacy, University Hospitals and the Vice Provost for Health Affairs
Contact: Joyce Mitchell (Medical School), 764.8185
Features Martin Luther King III, Former Fulton County, Georgia, Commissioner and Founder of Leadership 2000, Inc.
Presentation: Leadership Expectations of Minority Physicians: A Conundrum
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Place: Ford Amphitheater, University Hospital
Sponsor: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Contact: James A. Leonard ([email protected]), 936-7190
Presenter: Barbara Ross-Lee, dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University.
Lecture
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Place: 1910 Taubman Center
Sponsor: Dermatology
Contact: Amy Sharon-Erjavac ([email protected]), 936-4078
Speaker: Michael Bigby, of Beth Israel Hospital, Boston and faculty member at Harvard Medical School.
Panel
Diversity: We’re on the Right Road, but Are We Going the Wrong Way?
Time: Noon-2 p.m.
Place: Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union
Sponsor: Diversity Consortium
Contact: Deborah Orlowski ([email protected]), 763-04042
Panelists: Cherlyn Quiney, School of Dentistry; Jim Toy, Affirmative Action Office; Marita Inglehart, School of Dentistry; and Nathaniel Norman, Plant Building Services.
Film-Discussion: Celluloid Images of Asian and Asian American Women
Time: 4-6 p.m.
Place: Commons Room, Lane Hall
Sponsors: Dept. of Asian Languages and Cultures, Center for Chinese Studies
Contact: Shuen-fu Lin ([email protected]), 764-8286
Lecture and Reception
The Quest for Equality and Justice: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.
Place: Rackham Auditorium
Sponsors: The schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work; College of Pharmacy, University Hospitals and the Vice Provost for Health Affairs
Contacts: Joyce Mitchell (Medical School), 764-8185
Speaker: Martin Luther King III. A Q & A period and reception will follow.
January 22
Lecture
Time: 9-10 a.m.
Place: East Ann Arbor Health Center
Sponsor: Family Practice, Medical School
Contact: Thomas L. Schwenk ([email protected]), 668-7128
Speaker: Jerry Wilborn, pulmonologist, will address the problem of morbidity and mortality from asthma in minority patients, particularly African Americans.
Lecture
Time: 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Place: Maternal Child Health Center Auditorium
Sponsors: Dept. of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychology
Contact: Margaret Ball ([email protected]), 764-9527
Speaker: Anderson J. Franklin, professor and psychotherapist in private practice working with African American males in individual, group, marital, and family therapy.
Panel: Careers in Social Change
Time: 4:10-5 p.m.
Place: Career Planning and Placement Program Room, 3rd Floor, Student
Activities Bldg.
Sponsor: Career Planning and Placement
Contact: Debbie Taylor ([email protected]), 764-7460
Lecture and Reception
Unchartered Paths: Bridging the Gap Between Health Care Providers and Communities of Color
Time: 6-7:30 p.m.
Location: Room A201, Ford Amphitheater, Main Hospital
Sponsors: The schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work; College of Pharmacy; University Hospitals; and the Vice Provost for Health Affairs
Contact: Joyce Mitchell (Medical School) 764.8185
Speaker: Alexa I. Canady, Chief of Neurosurgery, Childrens Hospital of Michigan and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at Wayne StateUniversity.
Lecture
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Modern Languages Building, Lecture Room 1
Sponsor: Phi Sigma Pi
Contact: Melissa Borgquist ([email protected]), 810-788-5290
Speaker: C. Loring Brace, professor of anthropology, who will address the lack of biological justification for the concept of “race.”
Dialogue: The Future of Multicultural Councils in the Residence Halls
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Place: Wedge Room, West Quadrangle
Sponsor: Residence Halls Association
Contact: Aisha Jones ([email protected]), 763-3497
Panel: Panel of Interracial Couples
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Pond Room, Michigan Union
Sponsor: Baha’i Club
Contact: Mark Panahi ([email protected]), 668-1239
Film: Spike Lee’s Get On the Bus
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: The Michigan Theater
Sponsor: Interfraternity Council
Contact: Jeff Kosiorek ([email protected]), 327-0627
January 23
Lecture: Diversity in Human Atherosclerosis
Time: 8-9a.m.
Place: F2305 Maternal Child Health Center Auditorium
Sponsor: Obstetrics and Gynecology Dept.
Contact: Jane Juckno ([email protected]), 764-8123
Speaker: David Gordon, assistant dean for Faculty Affairs, University Medical School.
Dialogue
Proactive vs. Reactive: Our Role in Influencing Our Health and Our Care
Time: Noon-1:30 p.m.
Place: 1st Floor, Alumni Center
Sponsors: The schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work, College of Pharmacy, University Hospitals and the Vice Provost for Health Affairs
Contact: Joyce Mitchell (Medical School), 764-8185
Speaker: Antonia Coello Novello, former Surgeon General and UNICEF representa tive
Lecture and Reception
Breaking Down Barriers: The Struggle between the Business and the Science of Health Care
Time: 5-6:30 p.m.
Place: Auditorium, Thomas Francis, Jr. Bldg. (School of Public Health II)
Sponsors: The schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work, College of Pharmacy, University Hospitals and the Vice Provost for Health Affairs
Contacts: Joyce Mitchell (Medical School), 764-8185
Speaker: Antonia Coello Novello, former Surgeon General and UNICEF special representative.
Film: Looking for Langston
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: LGBPO Lounge, 3116 Michigan Union
Sponsor: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Programs Office
Contact: Ken Blochowski ([email protected]), 936-1384
A tribute to poet Langston Hughes.
Workshop
From Malcolm to Mumia: Political Repression Then and Now
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Wolverine Room, Michigan Union
Sponsor: Free Mumia Coalition/Anti-Racist Action
Contact: Paul Lefrak ([email protected]), 995-8958
January 24
Student-Staff-Faculty-Mixer
Time: Noon-2 p.m.
Place: 1610 Industrial and Operations Engineering Bldg.
Sponsors: Industrial and Operations Engineering, Alpha Pi Mu, IIE, VIBES
Contact: YiLi Liu ([email protected]) or Tava Olsen, 936-0158
Panel
Learning from the Past: Reflections on Racism and Discrimination in Higher Education and Corporate America
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Room B1270, Business School
Sponsor: National Association of Black Accountants
Contact: Marcus Harris ([email protected]), 764-3055
Speakers: Alfred Edwards, professor emeritus of business, and others
Lecture: Afro-Cuban Culture
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union
Sponsor: Cuban American Student Association
Contact: Jessica Y. Hernandez ([email protected]), 327-0718
January 27
Multi-Media Presentation
African American Language and Culture: Roots and Branches
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: Rackham Bldg. Assembly Hall
Sponsor: Program in Linguistics
Contact: Carol Aldrich ([email protected]) or Marilyn Shatz ([email protected]), 763-0442
Features John Rickford, professor of linguistics, Stanford University.
Reception and Awards Announcement
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Place: 300 N. Ingalls, Room 1000
Sponsor: Center for Human Growth and Development
Contact: Kate Restrick ([email protected]) 764.2443
Panel: Mixed Messages
Time: 9-10 p.m.
Place: Ambatana Lounge, South Quad
Sponsor: The Mixed Initiative
Contact: Alison Fornes ([email protected]), 994-0794
Discussion of a controversial new U.S. Census category regarding racially mixed persons.
January 28
Panel
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Room D, Michigan League
Sponsor: Amnesty International
Contact: Lisa Wilson ([email protected]), 213-1381
Discussion of the death penalty. Points of view include those of murder victims’ family members and Amnesty experts.
February 6
Live Radio Broadcast: “Talk of the Nation”
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Sponsor: WUOM Michigan Radio, 91.7 FM
Contact: Harriet Teller ([email protected]), 764-9210
Live national broadcast with Ray Suarez, host of National Public Radio’s nationwide call-in news program, focusing on issues of race relations in the U.S.
Ongoing MLK Events
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
Art Exhibit
Date: Jan. 12-25
Time: 4-7 p.m.
Place: Pierpont Commons Atrium Gallery
Sponsors: Pierpont Commons Arts & Programs, Family Housing
Contact: Helen Welford ([email protected]), 764-7544
Features work by children at Family Housing.
Exhibit: “My Sister, My Brother”
Date: Jan. 13-31
Time: Michigan Union Building hours
Place: Michigan Union Art Lounge
Sponsors: Michigan Union Program Board, Caribbean Students Association
Contact: John Mountz ([email protected]), 763-3202
Art and photography depicting the successes and struggles of African Americans.
Poster Display
Date: Jan. 20-31
Time: TBA
Place: F1222A Maternal Child Health Center
Sponsor: Michigan Congenital Heart Center
Contact: Laura Sherman ([email protected]), 936-9218
Poster Competition: Collaborative Student Society Poster Session
Date: Jan. 20-24
Time: 8-5 p.m.
Place: North Campus, Media Union Connector
Sponsor: College of Engineering, Music, Art, Architecture & Urban Planning Council
Contact: Andrea Whittico, 647-7123
Student societies unite to create a finished puzzle linking four themes which highlight Dr. King’s vision: community service, academic enrichment, cultural awareness and professional development.
Multi-Media Exhibit: Inter-Community Multi-Media Extravaganza
Date: Jan. 20-24
Time: 8-5 p.m.
Place: North Campus, Media Union Gallery
Sponsor: North Campus, College of Engineering, Music, Art
Contact: Andrea Whittico, 647-7123
Students, faculty, staff from the North Campus schools and colleges unite to create a multimedia exhibit in the spirit of Dr. King.
Film Series
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: 1013 Herbert H. Dow Bldg.
Sponsor: U-M Engineering Council
Contact: Lisa Payton ([email protected]), 647-7151
Jan. 21 A Dry White Season
Jan. 28 A Family Thing
Feb. 4 Double Happiness
Feb. 11 La Cage aux Folles
Feb. 18 Mi Vida Loca
Feb. 25 Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
Free films & pizza. Each film is followed by discussion.
Diversity Days: A Celebration of Similarities
Date: Feb. 10-14
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Sponsor: Diversity Days
Contact: Jennifer Darmanin ([email protected]), 332-4693 or [email protected]
Through this celebration of similarities known as Diversity Days, students at the University will demolish the barriers which block our ultimate goal of unity. This week marks a campuswide attempt to realize the dream which Dr. King fought so hard to obtain. Each day focuses on particular areas of interest.
Feb. 10: Religious Studies
Features ethnic food festival, 6 p.m., Power Center Lobby, and speaker Ralph Williams, professor of religion, at 7 p.m., Power Center. Student religious organization information tables, theatrical performances by ResRep & Talk to Us at 8:30 p.m., Power Center.
Feb. 11: Gender Issues
Features speaker Susan Peterman, radiologist at Emory University, Q & A period, and gender-related information tables and film.
Feb. 12: Sexual Orientation
Features a panel and discussion, information tables and film addressing sexual orientation.
Feb. 13: Our America: Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism
Features a music and dance performance at 7 p.m., Power Center; keynote speaker and race, ethnicity and international information tables.
Feb. 14: Share your Pride Day
Features a dance, Ethnic/Time Period Dress Day and a World Music Dance at 8 p.m., Michigan Union U-Club.
Events To Be Announced
Concert; Charlie King in Concert: Opening by Elise Bryant
Date: Jan. 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsor: Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice
Contact: Martha Kransdorf, 663-1870
Music with emphasis on people’s dreams and struggles for a better world.
Presentation
Environmental Justice in the International Community:
Shell Oil and the Ogoni People of Nigeria
Date: Jan. 18
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsors: Environmental Justice Group, Native American Student Association,
La Salud, Black Volunteer Network, U-M Chapter Amnesty International, Michigan Biodiversity Project
Contact: Jeffrey Firestone ([email protected]), 764-4762
Speaker: Owens Wiwa
Film and Discussion: Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
Date: Jan. 19
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsor: NAACP, U-M chapter
Contact: Christina McPhail ([email protected]), 764-2631
Lecture-Presentation
Linking Philosophy to Practice: The Educational Projects of the Black Panther Party as an Illustration of Dr. King’s Educational Philosophy
Date: Jan. 20
Time: TBA
Place: TBA
Sponsor: National Alliance of Black School Educators, School of Education, Black Student Union
Contact: Jilo Williams ([email protected]), 747-2441
Speaker: Angela Brown, doctoral candidate, Stanford University.
Dialogue-Film: A Class Divided
Date: Jan. 20
Time: 3-5 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsors: Philosophy Dept.
Contact: Sally Haslanger ([email protected]), 764-6285
Film by Jane Elliott raises questions about the impact of racism and racial stigmas on individuals. Followed by a facilitated discussion.
Panel
Communities United for Environmental Justice: Race and the Environment
Date: Jan. 21
Time: 4- 6 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsor: Environmental Justice Group, Native American Student Association, La Salud, Black Volunteer Network, U-M Chapter Amnesty International, Michigan Biodiversity Project
Contact: Jeffrey Firestone ([email protected]), 764-4762
Panelists: Grace Boggs, Asian-American community activist; Bunyan Bryant, professor of natural resources; Torri Estrada, School of Natural Resources and Environment.
Presentation-Lecture: Community-Based Research Across the Disciplines
Date: Jan. 22
Time: 6:30-8 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
Contact: Darren Hubbard ([email protected]), 763-4830
