[Peace] MLK events

[Danielle Chynoweth]

This is forwarded from Shelly Masar who kindly complied these events in
one e-mail.

...

The MLK Scholarship event this Sunday is produced in conjunction with
the UI Provost's office.  It features the community choir-- an
interracial gospel choir that assembles every year in November to
prepare for this program. It is directed by Todd Taylor with
assistance by choir leaders various churches in the traditionally
African American north end community.   It is amazing. We ROCK!

But perhaps most  interesting is the presence on campus of Robert
Moses (Jan 25 and 26 ). Moses was a founding member of  SNCC. After
the peaceful coalition of SNCC foundered, he  turned his formidable
mind to  teaching math to urban children ( e.g., teaching negative
numbers using concrete metaphors of the subway systems) . He is
brilliant and his work is directly apropos to the problems facing the
Urbana/Champaign schools, who have failed to educate afro- am
children.


MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr.
COMMEMORATIVE SYMPOSIUM 2002
WEEK-LONG AGENDA

Symposium Theme: “Where Do We Go From Here, Chaos or Community”

Thursday January 17, 2002

11:30-1:30 p.m. County-wide celebration of UIUC, Cities of
Champaign-Urbana, and
County Board:
Location: Illinois Terminal Building  The speaker,  Rev. James Luther
Bevel, was Direct  Action Coordinator under Dr. King, and organized
student sit-ins and the Freedom  Rides. The noontime event is sponsored
by the cities of Champaign and Urbana, and the  Champaign County Board.
There is a reception following the awards.

Sunday January 20, 2002

5:00 p.m. MLK Scholarship program, 5 p.m., introductions by Chancellor
Nancy Cantor,singing by the Community Choir.
Location: Follinger Great Hall Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
The speaker is the Honorable Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, Pastor of New
Bethel Baptist Church in Washington D.C. and President of the National
Black Leadership Roundtable. He also worked with Dr. King in the civil
rights movement.

Monday January 21, 2002

8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration
Prayer Breakfast, at Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church, 1500 N.
Lincoln Avenue, Urbana. Speaker: Bill Self, head coach, University of
Illinois Men's Basketball.

    Symposium at the Illini Union

1:00-2:00 p.m. Opening Plenary: History of the Civil Rights Movement in
Champaign-Urbana.  Clarence Shelly and or John Lee Johnson Location:
Illini Rooms A and B

2:15-3:30 p.m. Break-out sessions: ”Elder Energy ? Youthful Wisdom, A
Generational Dialog” ”Are we realizing the dream; Peace, Patriotism, and
Pacifism”
Location: Illini Rooms A and B

3:45-5:00 p.m.   Breakout sessions:
   Panel discussion on Racial Profiling
   Illustrating the Dream through the Arts
Location: Illini Rooms A and B

5:00-6:00 p.m.  Open Reception ? South Lounge of the Illini Union

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.  WEFT Radio Interview (Gladys Hunt)

Tuesday January 22, 2002

*12:00 noon  Brown Bag Luncheon with keynote speaker Judy Richardson and
journalism
students

12:00 noon  Center for Advanced Study Lecture by Professor Dianne
Pinderhughes
    The Creation of the 20th Century African American Political
Infrastructure
    Location: Levis Faculty Center 2nd Floor Music Room

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. WILL radio interview with Judy Richardson

4:00 p.m. CAS/MillerComm 2002
  DuBois Lecturer Thelma Awori
  In Whose Aid is Aid? International Cooperation for African Development
  Location: Levis Faculty Center Third Floor


7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Judy Richardson Keynote Lecture
Location: Smith Music Hall Auditorium

9:00 - 9:45 p.m. Judy Richardson reception for students and faculty
Location: African American Cultural Program

Wednesday January 23, 2002

Residential Life activities

TEAM MINI Conference: Illini Union
7:00 - 8:15 p.m. Break-out sessions on Ethnic Studies programs,
Diversity Resources, Racism
   on campus
   Location: Illini Union rooms TBA

8:15 - 9:30 Break-out sessions on Living in Post 9-11 America, Engaged
Learning, Educational Opportunities for Minorities
  Location: Illini Union rooms TBA

Thursday January 24, 2002

7:30 p.m.  Robert Moses taping at WILL TV for Black Perspectives

Residential life/campus activities


Friday January 25, 2002

*10:00 a.m.  Robert Moses to WILL radio
*12:00 noon  Robert Moses lunch with students
4:00-5:30 p.m.  Keynote Speech: Robert Moses, Executive Director The
Algebra Project
Co-sponsored by TEAM 141 Wohlers Hall
5:30-6:30 p.m.  Reception for Robert Moses

Saturday January 26, 2002

All day  Campus-community public service project at Lakeside Terrace
Public Housing