The Clarion University Martin Luther King Jr. Committee has announced its speaker schedule for 2008-09. The theme for this year's programs are "Building the Dream: Civility, Community, and Democracy."
The schedule includes:
September 26, Arthur Romano, World Peace Scholar, Gemmell Student Complex Multi-Purpose Room, 7:30 p.m.
October 23, Mos Def and Bakari Kitwana, keynote speakers for the 2008 Hip Hop Conference, "Hip-Hop Global Impact," Gemmell Student Complex Multi-Purpose Room, 7 p.m.
October 27, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company performance TBA, Gemmell Student Complex Multi-Purpose Room, 7:30 p.m.
November 10, Equity Week keynote speaker TBA, Gemmell Student Complex Multi-Purpose Room, 7 p.m.
January 26, 2009, Marshawn Evans, "King-Dreaming: Living the Legacy of HIStory & HERstory," Hart Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
February 16, Dr. Walter Kimbrough, "A History of Black Fraternalism," Gemmell Student Complex Multi-Purpose Room, 7 p.m.
February 25, Coach Ken Carter, TBA.
March 23, Vanessa German, Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Hart Chapel, 7:30pm
The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee maintains that the breadth of Dr. King's heritage as an American leader is a mainly untapped resource. Some areas of Dr. King's active involvement to further social justice include all levels of schooling, human violence, intolerance, gender issues, and the structure of job opportunities. Programs in these and other domains developed through various academic disciplines seem appropriate for the committee to cooperatively develop this year.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee includes: co-chairs Rogers J. Laugand and Dr. Greg Goodman, Susan Bornak, Joseph Croskey, Mark Franchino, Dr. Mary Ann Fricko, Dr. Robert Girvan, Dr. Candice Matthew, Kelly Ryan, Dr. Kathleen Welsch, and ex-officio member Dr. Jocelind Gant.
For more information contact: Rogers J. Laugand III, Minority Student Services, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 277 Gemmell, Clarion, PA 16214-1232; phone - (814) 393-2043, e-mail - Laugand@clarion.edu, or fax - (814) 393-2707; or Dr. Greg Goodman, phone - (814) 393-2529, or e-mail - ggoodman@clarion.edu.
