Campuses celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with variety of events
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Campuses celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with variety of events
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Abington
-- Jan. 21: Students will volunteer at several organizations throughout the Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia areas, including The Attic and the William Way Community Center.
-- Jan. 23: "Incognito," a one-man play written and performed by Michael Fosberg that addresses diversity and stereotyping, noon to 1 p.m., 108-109 Lares Building.
Beaver
-- Jan. 21: The Delta Mu Sigma Mu student community service organization and the Office of Student Affairs will work with students, faculty, and staff from Beaver and Shenango campus at the Center for Hope in Ambridge, which provides outreach services to those experiencing economic hardships and changes in a distressed community. The volunteers will assist in providing services at the center that include a food pantry, computer lab, and clothes closet, tutoring, disability services, literacy and life skills programs, assistance for pregnant women and disability services.
Brandywine
-- Jan. 21: Students will volunteer at Charles Papa Playground in West Philadelphia, where they will help rebuild a toddler's play area recently vandalized and paint interior multi-purpose rooms, among other activities. In addition, the campus community will make Huggy Pillows, which are donated to hospitals for people recovering from heart surgery.
Dickinson School of Law
Carlisle, University Park
-- Jan. 25: Clemente Abrokwaa, professor of African and African-American studies, "The Quest for Peace and Justice," part of the law school's speaker series titled "Preserving King's Legacy,"12:30 to 1:30 p.m., 333 Beam Building at University Park, 148 Advantica Building at Carlisle.
Carlisle, University Park
-- Feb. 22: Jocelyn Benson, professor of law at Wayne State University, "The Future of Voting Rights," part of the law school's speaker series titled "Preserving King's Legacy,"12:30 to 1:30 p.m., 333 Beam Building at University Park, 148 Advantica Building at Carlisle.
Carlisle, University Park
-- March 21: Preston C. Green III, associate professor of education and law at Penn State, "Choice, Desegregation, or Funding? Courts and the Black Struggle with Equal Educational Opportunity," as part of the law school's speaker series titled "Preserving King's Legacy," 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., 333 Beam Building at University Park, 148 Advantica Building at Carlisle.
Carlisle, University Park
-- Friday, April 4: Ellen Dannin, professor of law, at Dickinson School of Law will present "We, as a people, will get to the Promised Land -- Poverty, Inequality, and Workplace Justice," as part of the law school's speaker series titled "Preserving Martin Luther King's Legacy," 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., 333 Beam Building at University Park, 148 Advantica Building at Carlisle.
Erie
-- Jan. 15: "A Birthday Celebration." The Multi-Cultural Council will hand out cake to the Penn State Erie community, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Reed Union Building, Bruno's.
-- Jan. 21: Campus family brunch. Key Arts Productions will presents "King's Dream: A Live Concert Multimedia Presentation Dedicated to an American Legend," 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Reed Union Building, McGarvey Commons.
-- Jan. 22: "Sarafina!" Whoopi Goldberg stars in this film, which takes place during the riots in Soweto, South Africa, 7 p.m., 117 Reed Union Building.
-- Jan. 23: Say Word trivia competition. Test your knowledge about the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement and other facts in the nation's history during this interactive trivia game, 7 to 9 p.m., Reed Union Building, McGarvey Commons.
-- Jan. 24: The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, is this year's featured speaker, 7 p.m., Erie Hall.
-- Jan. 25: Expression Night. The entire campus community is invited to a night of poetry, spoken word and other forms of expression. Bring your own work or a prepared work to share or be part of the audience, 8 to 10 p.m., Reed Union Building, Bruno's.
-- Jan. 26: Members of the Penn State Erie community will take part in Habitat for Humanity throughout the city of Erie.
Fayette
-- Jan. 21: As a service project, Penn State Fayette students will perform community service in conjunction with fellow students from the Beaver, Greater Allegheny, New Kensington and Shenango campuses.
-- Jan. 22: The Diversity Task Force will host a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. with a program to honor the brightest and best local junior and senior high school students in the following categories: academics, athletics, community service and the performing arts. More than 75 students will be honored. Clinton Anderson, president of the Fayette County NAACP, will be part of the event, along with several musical performances, 11:30 a.m., Swimmer Hall, Williams Building.
Great Valley
-- Feb: 13: Members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American air corps unit that served during World War II, will visit Penn State Great Valley and speak to school children at 10 a.m. in the Musser Auditorium of the Safeguard Scientifics Building. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., a one-hour film on the Tuskegee Airmen will be shown in the Safeguard Scientifics Building, and members of the unit will be on hand to talk about their experiences. The evening event is free to the public.
Greater Allegheny
-- Jan. 22: "The Dream Still Lives: The Ongoing Legacy of Dr. King?" -- a performance by the Kuntu Repertory Theatre of Pittsburgh, under the direction of Vernell A. Lillie, to be followed by a discourse on the "The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." by Esther L. Bush, president and chief executive officer of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center. The event is free to the public.
Harrisburg
-- Jan. 21: "My Appalachian Heart," an original drama about two sisters from Pennsylvania who travel to the Appalachian mining town of Keystone, W.Va., following the death of a relative. What they discover is a town on the brink of devastation and they may hold the key to the town's survival, noon, Capital Union Building.
-- Jan. 21: A musical celebration with the Philadelphia-based Clayton White and the Clayton White Singers, 4:30 p.m., Capital Union Building.
Hazleton
-- Jan. 21: "40 Years since Martin: What Have We Learned?" breakfast ceremony, 9 a.m., Highacres Cafe, sponsored by Penn State Hazleton's Office of Student Affairs, featuring Brian Johnson, director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Susquehanna University.
Lehigh Valley
-- Jan. 21: Students, faculty and staff will volunteer on a hands-on service project at the Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown. Volunteers will be cleaning and painting rooms in the shelter's apartments as well as in their office areas. In addition, the campus is collecting much-needed housekeeping supplies that will be donated to the Sixth Street Shelter.
New Kensington
-- Jan. 20: Martin Luther King birthday celebration, audio and videotapes of King's speeches, cake and punch, 2 p.m., Cat's Pause Cafe.
-- Jan 21: "Day of Caring." Students from the campuses of New Kensington, Beaver, Shenango, Greater Allegheny and Fayette contribute time to a community service organization.
-- Jan. 23: Actor Gregory Gibson Kenney performs "I Have a Dream: A Conversation with a Friend," noon, Art Gallery.
Penn College
-- Jan. 21: The Student Activities Office will show the movie "Martin Luther King Jr.: The Man and the Dream" throughout the day in the Bush Campus Center lobby.
-- Jan. 21-25: Excerpts from King's most famous speeches will be played throughout the week on the campus radio station, WPTC 88.1 FM.
Schuylkill
-- Jan. 21: Annual Martin Luther King Celebration, 7 p.m., Morgan Auditorium, featuring performances by the Quiet Storm Step Team, the Sophisticated Beauties Dance Team, as well as members of campus organizations.
-- Jan. 21-25: Each student organization will chronicle an important contributor to African-American history by illustrating a poster to be displayed in the Student Community Center.
-- Jan. 21-25: The Ciletti Memorial Library and the Library Student Advisory Board will host a display in honor of King in The Ciletti Memorial Library.
Shenango
-- Jan. 21: "Martin Luther King Day -- A day on, not a day off." Students will be teaming up with Penn State Beaver students to complete a "Day of Service" for The Center for Hope.
-- Jan. 23: Elliot Lewis, freelance television news reporter in Washington, D.C., diversity speaker, and author of "Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America," noon, Forker Lab Forum. A light lunch will be provided.
University Park
-- Check Dickinson School of Law for additional listings held at both University Park and Dickinson.
-- Jan. 15: Center for Student Engagement Involvement Fair, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center.
-- Forum on Black Affairs Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet, 6:30 p.m., The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Tickets required. Contact: Beverly Wilson, bgw4@psu.edu
-- Jan. 20: Late Night Movies: "Coach Carter," 6 p.m., auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center.
-- Jan. 21: Penn State's Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center.
-- Penn State Martin Luther King Jr. Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-4p.m.: Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center. Schedule to donate at http://www.psuredcross.org.
-- Social Justice Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center. Contact: Megan Delany, med250@psu.edu; Chris Lucas, cml5002@psu.edu
-- Jan. 21-25: The Human Race Machine. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Galbraith Lounge, HUB-Robeson Center.
-- Jan. 22: Penn State Forum speaker Zane Gates, internal medicine physician, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. Topic: "The Vicious Circle of Poverty." Tickets may be purchased at the Faculty Staff Club Office (The ID+ Office) 103 HUB-Robeson Center, (814) 865-7590.
-- March and Peace Service, 5 p.m. March begins at the Allen Street Gates and concludes at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.
-- Jan. 23: Martin Luther King Jr. Evening Celebration, 6 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Keynote Speaker: Coach Ken Carter. Topic: "Average Is Just Not Good Enough. Period!" Tickets required.
-- Jan. 24: Teach for America Panel, 7 to 9 p.m., Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center.
-- Jan. 28-Feb. 1: "Setting the Table: Recipes for Resistance" exhibit, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center Library. Exhibit opening reception Jan. 28.
University Libraries
Jan. 14-March 3: "Profiles in Civil Rights Activism," 109 Pattee Library. The exhibit features the Jack Rabin Collection on Alabama Civil Rights and Southern Activists that documents the historic 1965 March from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. The exhibit also features the Robert Joyce Collection, which includes documentary photographs on acts of civil disobedience and the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, that culminated with King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Archival images and records from the Penn State University Archives, including King's speech at Penn State in 1968, and selected books from the Rare Books and Manuscript's African-American History book collection further add to a visual essay of the period. The exhibit area is open to the public during library operating hours, unless noted.
-- Jan. 21: Barry Kernfeld will present "Lifting the Veil: The Jack Rabin Collection on Alabama Civil Rights and Southern Activist," 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium, 109 Pattee Library. Kernfeld's presentations will highlight rare security surveillance photographs from the files of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, original audio clips of previously unreleased speeches by major civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and archived film footage, featuring civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael and the 1964 Voting Rights movement. The presentation is free to the public and will be followed by a Q-and-A session.
York
-- Jan. 21: No day or evening classes. Students, faculty and staff will put King's philosophies to work on this Day of Service at The Crispus Attucks Association working with the children or repainting a computer lab.
-- Jan. 21: Martin Luther King Round Table featuring LaMarr Shields, a motivational speaker with the Urban Leadership Institute, on "From the Classroom to the Boardroom," "Violence Prevention Initiatives" and "Understanding the Music," 10 a.m. to noon, Conference Center, Main Classroom Building.
-- Jan. 22: Shindana Cooper, storyteller and poet, will bring to life Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod and the women who walked with Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad, noon, Conference Center, Main Classroom Building. The event is free to the public.
-- Jan 24: "Incognito," a one-man play written and performed by Michael Fosberg that addresses diversity and stereotyping, noon, Pullo Family Performing Arts Center. The event is free to the public.
-- Jan. 24: Lenwood Sloan, "Pennsylvania's Underground Railroads," 6 p.m., Community Room, Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center. Sloan is the director of Pennsylvania Past Players, a living history program that brings historical events to life. Sloan's multi-media presentation and discussion will cover Pennsylvania's response to the underground railroad -- flight, resistance, social change and self reliance.
-- "Giving Back to the Community," peanut butter and jelly collection. Students, faculty and staff will collect peanut butter and jelly for more than 200 students in the after-school program for York's Salvation Army. Donation boxes will be located around the campus throughout the month of January.
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