Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation 2024
From Rest to Revolution: Dr. King (Re)membered
Jan. 22
9 a.m. 鈥 10:30 a.m.
University Memorial Center
Glenn Miller Ballroom
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation 2024
From Rest to Revolution: Dr. King (Re)membered
Jan. 22
9 a.m. 鈥 10:30 a.m.
University Memorial Center
Glenn Miller Ballroom
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Please join the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 community as it honors and reflects on Dr. King's legacy, taking current contexts into consideration. The Center for African and African American Studies, the Leeds School of Business and the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are sponsoring this signature campus event.
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Speakers will include Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Russell L. Moore, Theatre and Dance Associate Professor Donna Mejia, Ethnic Studies Professor and CAAAS Founder and Faculty Director Reiland Rabaka, and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion David Humphrey.
Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, PhD, (she/her) is an associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences at Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles. She is an educator, minister and abolitionist organizer who specializes in the intersectional study of race, racism, resistance and social movements; rehumanizing and abolitionist pedagogies; spirituality and sacred resistance; and building antiracist institutions and societies.
Her talk will address who Dr. King was, what forces shaped his work and his murder, how the community can apply the civil rights leader鈥檚 work and ministry with a contemporary context, what we can draw from his vision and ministry to address present situations, and the role that intergenerational trauma plays in helping the campus to actualize Dr. King鈥檚 vision for a 鈥渂eloved community.鈥 Read full biography
Since his murder on April 4, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory and contributions have been appropriated and reconstituted to ensure relatability to mass audiences. 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录鈥檚 2024 convocation invites us to radically (re)member the celebrated civil rights leader, taking current cultural, social and political contexts into consideration. It requires us to wrestle with the "historical" Dr. King to understand who he was and to reflect resonsably on the implications of his legacy for our contemporary situation. The theme of this year鈥檚 convocation 鈥 from rest to revolution 鈥 signifies the dialectical relationship between the self and oppressive systems, recognizing that liberation work must start from within.
for this campus event is highly recommended to allow for the planning of seating and food and beverage catering. The convocation is free and open to the public and also listed on the .
Public parking will be available on campus in the Euclid Parking Garage (Lot 205) beneath the Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE) building next to the University Memorial Center. To purchase a parking voucher for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation 2024, please visit the Parking & Transportation website. Please also see the campus map to locate Lot 205.