[Peace] M. L. King, Jr. events over the next week

[Stuart Levy]

Most of these are from the web page:
   http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/mlk/community.html

*All* events listed here are free and open to everyone.


Sun Jan 18  2-4pm  Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion rm "A"
   "Renewing America's Promise of Peace and Justice"
   Listening to King's "Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence"
   speech, and looking at today's world in that light.
   More at:  http://www.anti-war.net/
   (this event is from AWARE & isn't on the admin.uiuc.edu listing)


Sun Jan 18  5-7pm  Krannert Center's Foellinger Great Hall
   "The Dream is Alive and Reborn"
    Campus Community Celebration & Scholarship Program
      Community Choir performances
      Keynote speaker
      Awards of 2009 MLK essay scholarships


Mon Jan 19  8:30-10:00am    Vineyard Church, 1500 N. Lincoln, Urbana
   Unity Breakfast
      Keynote Speaker
      Scholarship award winners recognized
   Sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee for Justice


Mon Jan 19  10:00am-3:00pm   Illinois Street Residence Hall (ISR), UofI campus
			     Multipurpose Room
   Urbana Rotary and Urbana High School Interact - Youth Festival
   "High School Diversity and Conflict Resolution Conference"
    

Tue Jan 20  11am-1pm
   Several places to gather & watch Obama's inauguration on TV:

   ** LGBT Resource Center, 323 Illini Union, UofI campus, Urbana
   ** Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada Street, UofI campus, Urbana

	(at each of the above sites) A facilitated discussion will
	focus on the issue of civil rights, the 2008 election of President
	Barack Obama and the ban on same-sex marriage in several states.

   ** [Martel also mentioned that]
      Douglass Annex will have a large TV watching the Inauguration, too.


Wed Jan 21  noon-1pm   African American Cultural Center, 708 S. Matthews, UofI campus, Urbana
   "Reclaiming the Dream/History Makers"

    Featuring Clarence Lang, Assistant Professor in History and African American Studies, University of Illinois
    http://www.bnaacc.illinois.edu/


Wed Jan 21  4:30pm-?   La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 West Nevada Street, Urbana
    "The Legacy of Civil Disobedience":
	A Film Screening and Discussion of the Walk Outs
    For more information, contact: (217) 333-4950


Thu Jan 22  noon-1pm  La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 West Nevada Street, Urbana
    "The Chief: Why a Mascot Would Be Retired"
    Lunch provided.
    For more information, contact: (217) 333-4950


Fri Jan 23  all day  2nd Floor, 703 Wright Street
    Grand Opening of the University of Illinois Center for Women and Gender Justice
    For more information, contact: (217) 333-3137


Sat Jan 24  10am-1pm    Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Lobby, Urbana
    MLK Culminating Community Celebration
    "Four Score and A Dream Ago: Weaving our Common Destinies"

    Both Dr King and President Lincoln were committed to weaving the many
	peoples and ideas of this great nation into one, knitting us all together in an
	inseparable bond of humanity and common destiny.
    Please join our local artists Dawn Blackmon, Hua Nian, Haryuo Kamekawa as
	they continue this tradition of nation and community building and engage
	children of all ages in weaving a communal tapestry in the annual MLK art
	making activity in the lobby of Krannert Center.
    Featuring:
	Family friendly events
	Bowdacious String Band
	Mo' Better Music youth band and choir
	MLK Essay and artistic expression contest winners
	Booker T Washington Elementary Arts Program
	Countryside School Chinese choir
	Tito Carilo's Latin Jazz Band
	Salsa Dancing
	Children's Art-making


Mon Jan 26  noon-1pm   LGBT Resource Center, 323 Illini Union, Urbana
    Film screening
    "Brother Outsider"

    The life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, a civil rights movement leader and
	gay activist will be examined. A discussion will follow after the film showing.