2006 EQUITY WEEK

THEME: “Celebrating Communities”

 

Monday November 6th, 2006

 

Speaker: William Katz- Author, Historian & Educator

 (picture taken directly from below website)

 

Gemmell Multi-Purpose Room, 7:00-9:00 p.m

The Office of Social Equity and MLK Committee are pleased to host the celebrated author, William Loren Katz to Clarion University. “William Loren Katz is best known for his 40 exciting history books — including such award winning classics as Black Indians, The Black West and Black Women of the Old West. After graduating from Syracuse University with a BA in history in 1950 and from New York University in 1952 with an MA in Secondary Education, Katz taught social studies in New York City and State secondary schools and served as a curriculum consultant for 14 years.”

William, Katz. (2006). Black Indians. Black West. About William Loren Katz., Retrieved September 19, 2006 from

http://www.williamlkatz.com/About.php

 Sponsored by the Office of Social Equity, and MLK Committee. 

 Reception immediately following in Moore Hall.

 Tuesday November 7th, 2007  

Roundtable Presentation: “Celebrating Communities of Native and African Americans”

Gemmell Room 250/252, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

 The Presidential Commission on Human Relations and the Office of Social Equity is once again is hosting a roundtable event on “Celebrating Communities of Native and African Americans.”

 

Featured Presenters and Topics:

 Kaersten Colvin Woodruff:  “The Moors Revisited, A Contemporary Look at Forgotten Folk”

 Pegene Watts-Cartwright:  “The Golden Hill Paugusette tribe of Connecticut, and their struggles to regain federal recognition”

 Joanne Washington: “Helen Morris Jeffries: Teacher of Coloreds and Indians”

 **Professors are especially encouraged to invite their classes. 

 

Wednesday November  8, 2007  

Equity Dinner and Awards Ceremony

Chandler Dining Hall, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

(Sponsored by Student Senate)

 Featured Speaker: 

Charmaine P. Clowney, J.D

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs

PA State System of Higher Education

Hors d’oeuvre Reception, Chandler Dining Hall

 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.  (Sponsored by the Presidential Commissions)

 

All events are free and open to the public.  Please R.S.V.P. to the Office of Social Equity by Friday, November 3, 2006.