*The following
events in January 31 and February 1 are part of the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Celebration*
Civil Rights in
an Era of Civil Wrongs: Exploring Contemporary Threats to Democracy
February 1, 2006
2:00-4:00 pm, MUB Strafford Room
Please join us for an interactive dialogue with engaging
panelists Patricia Williams, Harvard Sitkoff, Jennifer Selwyn,
Kalamu ya Salaam, and Hannah El-Silimy. Panel moderated by Professor
of History and American Studies, Alexandra Cornelius-Diallo.
Keynote: Patricia
Williams: Women's Voices in Civil Rights
February 1, 2006
7:00-8:30 pm, Paul Creative Arts Center-Johnson Theatre
Patricia Williams is a Professor of Law, a recipient of the MacArthur
Foundation "Genius Award," and author of Seeing
a Color-Blind Future, The Alchemy of Race & Rights, and
The Rooster's Egg. Williams is a renowned cultural commentator.
Currently, she writes the column, "Diary of a Mad Law Professor"
for The Nation and teaches at Columbia University.
Candlelight Vigil / Procession
February 1, 2006
8:30 pm, Outside the Paul Creative Arts Center
Join us in the warmth of a candlelit community making its
way from the Paul Creative Arts Center to the Memorial Union Building.
Reception and Book Signing
February 1, 2006
After Candlelight Vigil, MUB Rockingham Lounge
Rent
February 2-5, 2006
6:30 pm, MUB Theater I
Rent is an exuberant, sexy and life affirming musical about
AIDS, drug addiction, homelessness and drag queens; which is neither
contradictory nor absurd because the characters in Rent
live with an acute awareness that their lives – and the
lives of those they love – might be short, and as such whom
you love is as important as what you create.
**POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 2) AND SATURDAY
(FEBRUARY 4) 6:30 PM SHOWINGS IN MUB 302**
Different Drums: HIV/AIDS
February 7, 2006
6:00-7:30 pm, 334/336 MUB
If we are honest with ourselves, many of us are inclined
to think that the issue of HIV/AIDS is “so 80’s!”
The truth, however, is that living with HIV/AIDS is a very present,
day-to-day reality for many people today. This panel is comprised
of people who live with HIV/AIDS and whose stories will inspire
you with their courage, and inform you in new ways as they disturb
the many stereotypes about HIV/AIDS, who gets it, who is most
vulnerable to it, and what life with HIV/AIDS looks like. Join
us for a moving and informative discussion!
Brown Bag: Questioning Class
February 14, 2006
12:30-2:00 pm, 327 MUB
What do we mean by “class” – money in the
bank? Social standing? Shawn and Tran are students who both identify
as “middle class”: they each come from two-parent
households in which their parents work, own a home together, and
have planned for and contribute to their child’s college
education. However … one of them is native to the U.S.,
the other is from another country; one of them is an only child,
the other has siblings and lives with extended family in the household;
one of them has parents who are heterosexual, the other has parents
who are in a same-sex partnership; one of them is the child of
parents who share the same race and ethnicity, while the other
is biracial; one of them has parents who are both college graduates,
the other has parents who both began full-time work after high
school. Shawn and Tran each identify as “middle class”
but does that mean they occupy the “same” class? What
factors impact our class identities and how? Come put in your
two cents – or your nickel – as we consider the question
of class!
Crash
February 15, 2006 at 5:00 pm
February 17, 2006 at 12:30 pm
February 18, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Crash is a rare American film which leads us to consider
the truth that nothing is ever simple – racism and nobility
can exist in the same man, hate and love in the same woman, fear
and loyalty, compromise and idealism, all the dichotomies that
make humanity so challenging, yet so moving – even as it
asks tough questions and lets us struggle with the answers.
**POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 15) AND
SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 18) 5:00 PM AND 3:00 PM (RESPECTIVELY) SHOWINGS**
Brown Bag: Heating It Up, Cooling
It Down: OMSA Talk
February 21, 2006
12:30-2:00 pm, 327 MUB
What is “OMSA talk”? It’s that often
amazing, sometimes unsettling, frequently educational, occasionally
difficult conversational phenomena that occurs when folks from
diverse social locations and wide ranging experiences get together
and “speak their minds” about almost anything! Living
in the midst of a dominant culture that all too often encourages
us to “play it safe” rather than “keep it real,”
learning how to engage with a wide variety of people who hold
an equally wide variety of perspectives on such things as sex,
race and gender can be challenging. Is a “safe space”
a place where people can feel free to say what they believe without
censorship? Or is it a place where those who are confronted daily
with ignorance and bias “out there” can “take
a break” from challenging conversations and interactions?
Are these mutually exclusive? Can OMSA be a “safe space”
which provides both? Come and let’s talk about how we can
heat it up but keep it cool together!
5th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Summit
February 24-26, 2006
Camp Merrowvista
A three-day leadership development institute held off-campus.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore and further
their potential for leadership within a diverse community. Students
must pre-register to participate. For more information, click
here.
Different Drums: Cross-Race Dialogue
February 28, 2006
6:00-7:30 pm, 334/336 MUB
All too frequently when we “talk about race”
we talk about race relations between “black and white,”
between white people and African Americans in the U.S. Neglected
in these discussions are conversations concerning the racial dynamics
amongst and between peoples of Asian, Native, Latino, Middle Eastern
and African descent. This panel will provide an intentional opportunity
for “cross-race dialogue” about cross-racial and inter-racial
relations in the U.S. Join us for this vital and challenging conversation!
Events
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