Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Week 2009

Theme:

Make the Dream a Reality

Monday, January 19

27th Annual MLK Commemorative Breakfast

Grinnell Hall, SIUC

7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Cost: $5.00, tickets available at the door

Come join a diverse gathering for a Carbondale tradition sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Carbondale Branch. This year's theme is "How the Founding of the NAACP 100 Years Ago Helped Pave the Way for the Work of Reverend Dr. Martin L. King, Jr." The invited speaker is Dr. Jeanelle Norman, 3rd Vice President for the Illinois State Conference of Branches. A Quiz Segment, especially to involve youth, is being planned for this year's gathering. For additional information call 618-457-7782.

Monday, January 19

Freedom For All March

March Starts – Interfaith Center, 913 S. Illinois

March Ends – Carbondale Downtown Pavilion

11:00 a.m.

Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to participate in a march to remember the past and acknowledge the present struggles for freedom, justice, and human rights. Help us to reawake the legacies left us by Dr. King, Cesar Chavez, Mahatma Gandhi, and countless other heroes.  For additional information contact  Abed Abukhdair This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tuesday, January 20

"Dreaming in the Classroom: Whiteness and

Institutional Accountability"

Dr. John T. Warren, Associate Professor

Speech Communication

Student Center 2nd floor, Mississippi Room

7:00 p.m.

Using, in part, Dr. King's writings, Dr. Warren holds himself accountable in this presentation -- binding together three threads of thought: Dr. King's dream, recent scholarship on 'whiteness' as a system of power, and the work he does within his own classroom. The central goal of this presentation is to ask about what obstacles, extraordinary and mundane, interrupt the everyday opportunities to actualize the dream that all will live in a land that has been "transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice." For more infomation contact John Warren at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Wednesday, January 21

What's Going On?

Student Center 2nd floor, Ballroom B

6:00 p.m.

Live Performance by Underground Arts followed by the film, Waging a Living, which takes an unwavering look at America's working poor -- people who work hard and play by the rules but never seem to get ahead. This film mixes stunning facts about poverty and social injustice with the personal testimony of real-life workers to cut through the fog of politics and prejudice to bring the distrurbing reality of the working poor into the light of day."

Thursday, January 22

Remembrance Dinner

Special Guest: Professor Jane Adams, 1964 Freedom Fighter

& 1960's Anti-Vietnam War Activist

Screening of the film - Race: Mississippi

Newman Catholic Center

6:00 p.m.

Free

Join us as we remember Dr. King and the contributions and legacies of the everyday woman and man who struggled, fought, bled, and even died in the pursuit of creating a better America, a better world. Learn what led ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things and how the "it" of what it takes to stand up and make a difference resides in us all. RSVP required by January 19 at 453-5714. This event is business casual attire. For additional information contact Abed Abukhdair at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

Monday, January 19 - Saturday, January 24

Community Project - Food Drive

Drop items off at any MLK week event

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recogntion week canned goods are being collected for area food banks. Poverty is one of the evils that Dr. King and the civil rights movement fought against.

DR. MLK, JR. RECOGNITION WEEK SPONSORS

Student Development - Multicultural Programs and Services, Office of the Associate Chancellor (Diversity), Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Beta Phi Pi Fraternity,Black Togetherness Organization, Interfaith Center, Mu Eta Zeta (Graduate Chapter Zeta Phi Beta Sorority)Newman Catholic Student Center, Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity, Speech Communication Department, Student Development - Saluki Volunteer Corps, and Underground Arts. 

For additional information on MLK Week contact

Student Development at (618) 453-5714

  Dr. MLK, Jr. Recognition Week is a Student Development–Multicultural Programs and Services (MPS) initiative