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DIVERSITY SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR
ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Featuring national speakers, roundtable discussions and sessions on
engaged scholarship and its relevance to social justice ideals.
April 3, 4:30
Chao Auditorium of Ekstrom Library
“Social Justice and the Engaged University,” Dr. Steven Rosenstone,
Vice President for Scholarly and Cultural Affairs and Former Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Minnesota
April 4, 8:30am-5:00pm ROUNDTABLES AND SESSIONS on Engaged
Scholarship!!!
3:15 Brandeis School of Law
“Black Studies as Engaged Scholarship,” Dr. Peniel E. Joseph,
associate professor of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis
University, and author of Waiting Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative
History of Black Power
*Following this lecture, UofL’s African American Theatre program will
present a brief theatrical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the
40th anniversary of his death.
Transformation Tea for Women of Color 2008
Friday April 4, 2008 from 3PM to 5PM
Masterson’s Restaurant
Theme: “First among the Few”
Guest panel: Sonia Ruiz, owner of Adhawks Advertising; State Rep. Joni Jenkins; Eleanor Jordan, executive director, Kentucky Commission on Women; Sadiqa Reynolds, attorney at law; and Judge Janice Martin. Open to the campus community.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Georgette Moore at 852-2029.
Israel Speaker Series presents David Barker, April 10
The 2008 Israel Speaker Series presents David Baker, Senior Foreign Press Coordinator for the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. Thursday, April 10, 7:00 p.m., Strickler Hall. Admission is Free.
For further information contact Hillel Director Peter Anik, 852-6598
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week Celebration, April 14
Harriett B. Porter Cancer Education and Research Endowment presents A Celebration for National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, featuring Terry Mason, MD, National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer, National Cancer Institute. Monday, April 14, 2008 at the Muhammad Ali Center Star Fountain Plaza and "Dancing Steps" Amphitheater. Reception and Museum Tour 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.; Program 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Hosted by the family of Harriett & Woodford Porter. RSVP by April 11 to the Kentucky Cancer Program, 852-6318.
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