Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Program

Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 at 4:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Musical performances and speakers celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Speakers include retired Curriculum and Instruction faculty member Lenola Allen-Sommerville, Government of the Student Body President Jonathan Turk, and Black Student Alliance President Bryan Woodson. The Gospel Soul Innovators will perform. Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman will present the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Advancing One Community Awards. Birthday cake graciously donated by Campus Dining Services.

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Other events featured in the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series include:

Wednesday, January 13, 11:50 a.m. - Central Campus
Let Freedom Ring
A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King.
Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur

Monday, January 18, 6 p.m. - Ames Middle School, 3915 Mortensen Road, Ames, Iowa
Community Birthday Celebration
Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition! After sharing birthday cake, the program begins at 6:30 p.m. and features Iowa State alum Paxton Williams portraying scientist, educator and humanitarian, George Washington Carver.

Monday, January 25, 8 p.m. – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Who Will Tell the Story? The Black Architects’ Epic Journey toward Equal Opportunity - R. Steven Lewis
R. Steven Lewis is the president of the National Organization of Minority Architects, an organization that promotes not only the value of expressing cultural identity through architecture and design but also the importance of mentoring minorities in an under-represented profession. Lewis cofounded the Los Angeles–based RAW Architecture in 1984 and was with the firm twenty years. In 2004 he joined the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of the Chief Architect, where for four years he worked on the Design Excellence Program. He recently joined the Pasadena office of the engineering and construction company Parsons Corp. In 2006, Lewis was named a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University, where his topic of study was race and the profession of architecture.

Tuesday, January 26, 8 p.m. - Great Hall, Memorial Union
Trauma, Reconciliation and Forgiveness after the Rwandan Genocide - Film and Discussion with Director Patrick Mureithi
ICYIZERE: Hope is a documentary by filmmaker Patrick Mureithi, who traveled to Rwanda to film a gathering of ten survivors and ten perpetrators of the l994 genocide. It documents the experience of the participants as they are taught about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and go through a series of group exercises to help build trust. The film also explores how the media was used to incite fear, hatred and ultimately, genocide, and the filmmaker's belief that media can similarly be used to unite and to heal. The first version of the film was shared with audiences at the 2008 Rwanda Film Festival and on Rwanda National Television. Director Patrick Mureithi will lead a discussion after the 45-minute screening.

Monday, February 8, 8 p.m. – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Unclaimed Legacy: Who Will Lead? Jeff Johnson
A journalist, social activist, and political commentator, Jeff Johnson has a commitment to fostering broad-based communication about issues related to race, politics, pop culture, and socioeconomics. Originally known as “Cousin Jeff,” he has earned a reputation as the “conscience voice” of BET Networks. His new book, Everything I’m Not Made Me Everything I Am, is a call to service for the post-Civil Rights generation. Johnson has worked as senior advisor for Media and Youth Outreach for People for the American Way, as national director of the Youth & College Division of the NAACP, and as the vice president of Russell Simmons’s Hip Hop Summit Action Network.

Cosponsored By:

• AmeZone
• Ames Community Schools
• Ames Human Relations Commission
• Athletic Department
• Black Graduate Student Association
• Black Student Alliance
• Boys and Girls Club of Ames
• Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
• Center for American Intercultural Studies
• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• College of Design
• College of Engineering
• College of Human Sciences
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Dean of Students
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
• Margaret Sloss Women's Center
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Planning Committee
• Multicultural Student Affairs
• Music Department
• Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
• Office of the President
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Student Union Board
• United Way of Story County
• YWCA Ames-ISU
• Youth and Shelter Services
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)