[Imc] Civil Rights Leader In-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall

[Haber, Laura]

Please forward widely:

Vicky Gray Adams will be in-residence at Unit One/Allen Hall, October 14-20.
Her opening program, "A New World Order for Some or A New World for All?"
will take place Monday, October 15, 8pm in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall,
1005 W. Gregory, Urbana. She will be speaking and leading discussions on
various topics every evening throughout the week. See below for a full
schedule. A full schedule will also be posted at
www.housing.uiuc.edu/academics/unit1 or call 333-8351 for more information.
All programs are open to the public.

Vicky Gray Adams has been working for civil and human rights for over six
decades. She made historic contributions to the civil rights movement of the
sixties as a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, one
of the founders and leaders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, as
a member of the National Board of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference and as the first woman (of any color or community) in the history
of Mississippi to run for the office of US Senator. She is featured in
numerous Civil Rights films, documentaries, and books. Her personal motto is
"Life shrinks or expands in direct proportion to the courage with which we
live it."

Sunday, October 14
7:00pm - "Meet the Guest" reception in the guest apartment, 145 Allen Hall

Monday, October 15
8:00pm - Opening Program: "New World Order for Some or New World for All?"

Tuesday, October 16
7:00pm - "The 1960's, Black Power, Feminism, Multiculturalism, Afrocentrism,
and True Global Citizenship For All"
9:00pm - "The Necessity and Centrality of Young People in the Work of
Liberation/Freedom"

Wednesday, October 17
5:00pm - Dinner Discussion with Vicky in the Allen Private Dining Room
7:00pm - "Untold Relationships of the 60's: Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party, Malcolm X, and the Black Panther Party for Self Defense"
9:00pm - "A Journey Through the 1960's Freedom Movement via Film" (part 1)

Thursday, October 18
7:00pm - "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Until It Comes: How One Does
Freedom Work for One's Entire Life - And How One Continues Laughing and
Loving and Having Joy Through it All"
9:00pm - "A Journey Through the 1960's Freedom Movement via Film" (part 2)
different night, different films

All programs are open to the public and take place in the South Rec Room of
Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana unless noted. Call 333-8351 for more
information.