Office of Diversity and Inclusion Events
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Commemoration Activities
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Juniata chooses to celebrate the memory of Dr. King with a week ON instead of the traditional day off. Dr. King's vision was committment to social justice in all of its forms. We honor that dream by committing ourseves , not only to remebering but, to education and mobilization.
January 8-13: Urban Immersion Philiadelphia
This service learning experience is designed to increase awareness and understanding about issues of poverty in the United States. The trip component of the course will be coordinated in conjunction with students and staff from Arcadia University, located in suburban Philadelphia. This joint service experience will afford students from both institutions an opportunity to explore issues of hunger and homelessness in one of the largest urban areas of our region.
Interfaith dialogue and social justice discussions among and between student groups from Juniata and Arcadia will comprise an important component of the trip.
Additionally, some time will be reserved for cultural exploration and sightseeing in Philadelphia. This will include a tour of Independence Hall and other historically significant sites in the city.
Sposored by the Community Service office
January 14-16: Amnesty International Letter Writing Campaign
11am-1pm, Ellis Lobby
Several student activist organizations will be encouraging students to write letters to congress to pass the End Racial Profiling Act of 2008. Racial profiling occurs when race is used by law enforcement or private security officials, to any degree, as a basis for criminal suspicion in non-suspect specific investigations. Discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, nationality or on any other particular identity undermines the basic human rights and freedoms to which every person is entitled. For more information on the campaign visit: http://www.amnestyusa.org/Domestic_Human_Rights/Racial_Profiling/page.do?id=1106650&n1=3&n2=850&n3=1298
Janurary 15th: Journey Inward with the Labyrinth
(avaialble in Sill Board Room all day)
The first step to making a difference in the world is searching within yourself.The labyrinth is one of the ancient forms of renewal for our spirits. As we walk the path toward the center, we move toward our spiritual center. As we return to the entrance we draw upon that centering for the strength needed to live in relationship in the world. On your own time table you can experience the labyrinth and challenge yourself to discover ways to live a balanced life. Walking the labyrinth can be a wonderful source of the rest and renewal needed to take meaningful risks in our day to day lives.
January 15th , 12:00pm - Don't Take Them With You!
Ellis Lobby
Its about Life. Its about Change. Organ and tissue transplants offer patients a new chance at healthy, productive, normal lives and return them to their families, friends and communities. You have the power to change someone's world by being a donor. The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) will be in the Lobby of Ellis Hall at 12:00pm to provide information and sign people up for organ donation. CORE is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting donation, education and research for the purpose of saving and improving the quality of life through organ, tissue and corneal transplantation.
January 16th, 3:00pm
Rosenberger Auditorium
Keynote Address: Sabrina Sojourner
Sabrina Sojourner is a nationally recognized educator on diversity and multiculturalism. Having been elected the shadow representative in Washington, D.C. by 83% of the vote, Sabrina represented the District of Columbia in the U.S. House of Representatives where, in her non-voting position, she lobbied not only for Statehood for the District of Columbia, but impacted other legislators on a whole spectrum of issues.
As one of few African-American women and the first open lesbian ever elected to Congress, Sojourner is no stranger to trail-blazing.She is a widely published author whose most recent work is a collection of poems entitled Psychic Scars and Other Mad Thoughts. As past Director of Diversity Programs and Women of Color Programs for the National Organization for Women, she has developed a variety of programs, workshops, and presentations that focus on building bridges of understanding across differences, including race, gender, and sexual orientation.
sponsored by the Office of the Provost
January 17th, 7:00pm - I Have a Dream Polyphony
Rosenberger Auditorium
Some students of life study great books; others study great art or music. One particular group of Juniata students also enjoy the study of great orations. Specifically we ask, “What moves in a movement?” After studying the rhetorical qualities of a variety of eloquent American speeches, students from Juniata’s Great Orations’ class decided to dramatically reenact Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the March on Washington, on August 28th, 1963.
You’re invited to join us for the reenactment. Imagine yourself as one of tens-of-thousands of Freedom and Equality marchers at the National Mall that hot, summer’s day. Witness, for yourself, this unique oral interpretation of King’s message. Bring the kids and grandparents too!
For more information, contact Dr. Grace Fala, Professor of Communication at Juniata College.