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A Deeper Black: Race in America - Ta-Nehisi Coates
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Doors open at 6:00 | No tickets Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent at The Atlantic and wrote the magazine’s recent cover story “My President Was Black,” a history of the first African American White House. He is the author of the bestselling book Between the World and Me, which is written in the form of a letter to his teenage son about the challenges he will face growing up black in America. Coates’s June 2014 cover story on slavery and race, "The Case for Reparations," won the George Polk Award for Commentary, and in 2015 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is also the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series Keynote Autographed copies of his book will be available for sale in lieu of a book signing.

Rap, Race, Reality & Technology - Chuck D
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Chuck D is leader and co-founder of legendary rap group Public Enemy and is known for creating politically charged and socially conscious hip hop music. As a rapper, producer, author, and social activist, Chuck D delivers a powerful message about race, rage and inequality. He is a national spokesperson for Rock the Vote, the National Urban League, and the National Alliance for African American Athletes. He is also co-author of Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality. Chuck D redefined rap music and hip hop culture with the release of Public Enemy's debut album, Yo Bum Rush The Show, in 1987. Public Enemy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

Exercise and the Brain - Daniel Corcos
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Daniel Corcos, a professor at Northwestern University in the Feinberg School of Medicine, is a motor systems neuroscientist who has made significant contributions to understanding how different brain regions control movement. Dr. Corcos will address how both resistance exercise and endurance exercise are important for improving brain health, and how exercise affects brain volume as well as other measures of brain structure and function in health and disease. He is currently studying how progressive resistance exercise improves the motor and non-motor systems of people with Parkinson’s disease, and how endurance exercise changes disease severity in Parkinson’s disease. 2016-17 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series - Move for Life: The Health Benefits of Exercise Across the Lifespan

What Is Your Vocation? - A Panel Discussion
6:30 PM – 2019 Morrill Hall - Vo-ca-tion: A summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action. What is your vocation? How do you see yourself as an agent of goodness, truth, and beauty in the world, using your skills and passions for bringing about human flourishing? Join us for a panel discussion with three individuals who are working out their vocations for the common good: Ethan Brue, engineering professor and former R&D engineering leader for DuPont; Mark Osler, former federal prosecutor, legal scholar, and professor at St. Thomas Law School; and Jenny Jessup, mobilization specialist for English Language Institute-China.

What Are the Legal Rights of Immigrants? - A Forum
6:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Join us for a panel discussion about the constitutional and legal rights of all immigrants living in Iowa. Panelists include Sonia Reyes-Snyder, Executive Officer from the Office of Latino Affairs/Iowa Department of Human Rights; Ann Naffier, an immigration attorney with Justice for Our Neighbors; Sandra Sanchez from the American Friends Service Committee; Sandra Zapata from One Iowa; and Rita Bettis with ACLU of Iowa. The discussion will cover immigrants’ rights, including undocumented residents and DACA students; how to address hate incidents; and the availability of on and off-campus resources. Students, faculty, staff and Ames community members are invited to attend, ask questions and share their concerns and resources.

What Are Your Rights? - A Conversation
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Opening remarks will be provided by ACLU of Iowa Legal Director Rita Bettis, and Corey Saylor, head of the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Department to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia. He is a national expert on countering Islamophobia and co-authored CAIR’s Islamophobia report, Confronting Fear. Then join us for a discussion of the constitutional and legal rights of Muslims. Students and others on campus are invited to share their own concerns, ask questions and help raise awareness about resources available on and off-campus during this uncertain post-election period. Clark Wolf, Iowa State professor in philosophy and political science and director of the Bioethics Program, will moderate the discussion. No podcast will be available for this event.

Ames Community Celebration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
6:00 PM – (Postponed from January 16) - Ames Middle School, 3915 Mortensen Road - Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition! Join us at 6:00 for cake and music, with an hourlong program beginning at 6:30. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Legacy Convocation - Courageous Conversations: Where Do We Go from Here?
3:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and learn how his global vision of equality for everyone remains relevant today. This year's program features a panel discussion on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and how it can be actualized in the current social and political climate. Participants include Lori Patton Davis, Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and T. Elon Dancy, Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Academic Inclusion at the University of Oklahoma. The conversation will be facilitated by Daniel Spikes, an assistant professor in the Iowa State School of Education. The Advancing One Community Awards will also be presented. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series

Let Freedom Ring - Carillon Concert
11:50 AM – Central Campus - A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series

The Good Girls Revolt: Women, Work and Politics - Lynn Povich
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Lynn Povich is an award-winning journalist and pioneer for women's equality in the workplace. She helped organize a landmark sex discrimination suit against Newsweek magazine in 1970 and five years later became the first female senior editor in the magazine’s history. Her 2012 book, The Good Girls Revolt, chronicles that lawsuit, its impact on the women involved, and what has - and hasn't - changed for women in business and the media. Her book has inspired a ten-part original, fictionalized drama series now available through Amazon Prime. In 1991, Povich left Newsweek to become editor-in-chief of Working Woman magazine. Most recently she was managing editor and senior executive producer of East Coast programming at MSNBC.com. Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics