Social Justice and Engaged Scholarship Symposium

UofL's Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, along with 14 campus co-sponsors that include the Signature Partnership Initiative, Ideas to Action, A&S Dean's Office of Diversity & Outreach, Provost's Offices, Vice-President for Research, will be host for the regional meeting about connecting university research to community problems and making research relevant to social justice ideals.

Steve Rosenstone, University of Minnesota vice president for scholarly and cultural affairs, will be the opening speaker.  His talk "Social Justice and the Engaged University" begins at 4:30 p.m. April 3 in Ekstrom Library's Chao Auditorium.  UM is a national leader in community engagement, and Rosenstone was a prime architect of its programs.  A reception will follow.

The final keynote lecturer will be Peniel Joseph, a professor at Brandeis University and author of the award-winning book, "Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America."  His talk on "Black Studies as Engaged Scholarship" will begin April 4 at 3:15 p.m. in the Law School courtroom.  Afterward, the UofL African American Theater Program will conclude the symposium with a brief theatrical tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his death.

Conference sessions run from 8:30 am - 5 pm on April 4 in the Brandeis School of Law and are free and open to the public.  The schedule includes discussions of the arts and social change, academic-advocacy partnerships, environmental justice, and participatory action research, among others.  The first 100 registrants receive a free box lunch, and the first 50 non-UofL registrants can get a complimentary parking pass.  For more details, visit our web page, or call the Braden Institute at (502) 852-6142.  Follow this link to register http://louisville.edu/annebradeninstitute/symposium