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MLK Celebration 2015: Whose Dream Is It Anyway? January 19, 2015 Join the Ithaca College community as we celebrate the life, legacy, and relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his message.TRANSCRIPT
MLK CAMPUS-WIDE CELEBRATION
SCHEDULE OF EVENTSJANUARY 19, 2015
“WHOSE DREAM IS IT ANYWAY?”
MLK DAY CELEBRATION 2015
Schedule of Events8:30am
Community Breakfast [Emerson Suites]
9:00amMorning Adress by Dr. Derek Adams on
“Whose Dream Is It Anyways” [Emerson Suites]
10:00amEducational Sessions [Campus Center]
11:30am City of Ithaca Community Celebration[Beverly J Martin Elementary School]*
12:00pmGrab ‘n’ Go Lunchtime Film
Emmy Award Winning “All That Remains” by Crystal Kayiza ‘15 [Textor 102]
2:00pmEducational Sessions [Campus Center]
4:00pmMLK Celebration Event [Emerson Suites]
7:30pmSchool of Music Concert [Ford Hall, Whalen
Center]
Saturday, January 24MLK Day of Service [9:00am-4:00pm]**
*Transportation will not be provided**Please pre-register at ithaca.edu/osema as spots are limited and
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9:00AM - “WHOSE DREAM IS IT ANYWAY”
Dr. Derek AdamsAssistant Professor, Department of EnglishSpeciality: African American Literature
10:00AM - EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Clark Lounge BEYOND DREAMING: AND WHAT IF BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER? Dr. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Predoctoral Diversity Fellow, Writing
Taughannock FROM MOVEMENTS TO MONUMENTS: HOW Falls Room DESIGN CREATES STRUCTURES OF CHANGE Aaron Lipford, ‘2015 MLK Scholar,Biochemistry
Klingenstein MEET ME AT EQUALITY: THE Lounge PEOPLE’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON Dr. James Rada Professor of Journalism
11:30AM - CITY OF ITHACA COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
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“POWER” BY AUDREY LORDE“The difference between poetry and rhetoricis being ready to killyourselfinstead of your children.
I am trapped on a desert of raw gunshot woundsand a dead child dragging his shattered blackface off the edge of my sleepblood from his punctured cheeks and shouldersis the only liquid for milesand my stomachchurns at the imagined taste whilemy mouth splits into dry lipswithout loyalty or reasonthirsting for the wetness of his bloodas it sinks into the whitenessof the desert where I am lostwithout imagery or magictrying to make power out of hatred and destructiontrying to heal my dying son with kissesonly the sun will bleach his bones quicker.
A policeman who shot down a ten year old in Queensstood over the boy with his cop shoes in childish bloodand a voice said “Die you little motherfucker” andthere are tapes to prove it. At his trialthis policeman said in his own defense“I didn’t notice the size nor nothing elseonly the color”. Andthere are tapes to prove that, too.
Today that 37 year old white manwith 13 years of police forcingwas set freeby eleven white men who said they were satisfiedjustice had been doneand one Black Woman who said“They convinced me” meaningthey had dragged her 4’10’’ black Woman’s frameover the hot coalsof four centuries of white male approvaluntil she let gothe first real power she ever hadand lined her own womb with cementto make a graveyard for our children.
I have not been able to touch the destructionwithin me.But unless I learn to usethe difference between poetry and rhetoricmy power too will run corrupt as poisonous moldor lie limp and useless as an unconnected wireand one day I will take my teenaged plugand connect it to the nearest socketraping an 85 year old white womanwho is somebody’s motherand as I beat her senseless and set a torch to her beda greek chorus will be singing in 3/4 time“Poor thing. She never hurt a soul. What beasts they are.”
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12:00PM - GRAB ‘N’ GO LUNCHTIME FILM
Emmy Award Winning “All That Remains” By Crystal Kayiza ‘15
2:00PM - EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Clark Lounge WHERE DO WE START? RACIAL PROFILING AND CHANGE(D) RELATIONS ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY Moderated by Dr. Jonathan Ablard History
Taughannock EXPLORING PRIVILEGE AND Falls Room OPPRESSION The Diversity Peer Educators Klingenstein STOP THE NEW JIM CROW: WHY LOUNGE CHALLENGING MASS INCARCERATION IS CRUCIAL TO PURSUING MLK’S DREAM Dr. Paula Ioanide Center for Race, Culture and Ethnicity
Ithaca Falls CREATING INCLUSIVITY AT EVENTS ON IC’S CAMPUS The Student Organization Specialist Team: Lia Munoz, Alexander Cammy, Annie Yuen, and Emily Quinn 4
4:00PM - MLK CELEBRATION EVENT
MASTER OF CEREMONIESMr. John Rawlins III
Special Assistant to the Associate Vice Provost/Dean of Student Life at
Johns Hopkins University
“LIFT EVERT VOICE AND SING!”Black National Anthem
Written By James Weldon JohnsonPerformed By Josh DufourSecond-Year MLK Scholar
CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR PRESENTATIONFirst-Year MLK Scholar Program
*See Agenda On Page 6*
INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKERJohn W. Rawlins III
KEYNOTE SPEAKERAsh Beckham
LGBTQ Advocate and TedTalk Speaker
CLOSING REMARKSJohn W. Rawlins III
7:30PM - SCHOOL OF MUSIC ANNUAL MLK CELEBRATION CONCERT
“THE DREAM NEVER DIES”[Ford Hall, Whalen Center]
This Concert will feature students, faculty and the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers. A special ensemble of MLK scholars and students from the school of music will debut the Keepers of the Dream Ensemble. A ensemble
formed to continue the legacy of Dr. King through music with a social justice message.
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ORDER OF EVENTSDESCRIPTIVE WORDS -- Steph, Maya, Monique, Kiaira, Nicole, Matthew, Violet
INTRODUCTION -- Carter
INTRODUCTION TO MARTYRS -- Nicole
EMMETT TILL -- Kiaira, Matthew, Carter
VIOLA LIUZZO -- Monica, Nicole
CAROLYN MCKINSTRY, REVEREND WILLIAMS, JOANNE BLAND-- Stephanie, Monique, Jonathan, Chanel
MARCH ON WASHINGTON -- Mieshon
HYMNS -- Marieme, Violet, Elizabeth, Stephanie, Tyler
Sit Ins -- Tyler, Marieme, Violet, Stephanie, Maya, Matthew, Carter, Angela, Larissa
“THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT US” -- Marieme, Stephanie, Violet, Maya, Nicole, Chanel, Kiaira
POEM -- Elizabeth
INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS -- Gabriella
RACE CRIMES -- Kiaira, Matthew, Carter
HATE GROUPS -- Jonathan
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS -- Monica, Elizabeth
LGBTQIA DISCRIMINATION -- Nicole, Maya, Gabriella, Violet, Stephanie
WOMEN’S RIGHTS -- Angela, Marlena, Larissa
PRISON SYSTEM -- Carter, Christian
“WHAT CAN WE DO?” -- Tyler
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FIRST-YEAR MLK SCHOLARS’ CIVIL RIGHTS PRESENTATION
SCHOLARS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT(TOP TO BOTTOM): Marieme Foote, Jonathan Couce, Matthew McClain, Carter
Jackson, Christian Conyers,Marlena Candelario Romero, Angela Pradhan, Tyler
Reighn, Violet Perry, Monica Chen, Larissa Jimenez, Meishon Walker, Monique Crosby,
Chanel Underwood, Maya Howard, Elizabeth Charles, Gabriella LoBue,
Kiaira Anglero, Stephanie Cruz, Nicole Bond
Day 3• Civil Rights Memorial and
Center • Dexter Avenue King Memorial
Baptist Church • Rosa Parks Museum • Viola Luizzo Grave Marker
Day 4• MLK National Historic District • MLK Birth Home • National Center for Civil &
Human Rights
Day 5• Return to Ithaca College
Day 1• Arrive at Atlanta, Georgia
Day 2• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute • Carolyn McKinstry - Foot
Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
• Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
• Joanne Bland - Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
• Crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge
2014 CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR
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SPECIAL THANKS TO: DR. ROGER RICHARDSON, Associate Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs/Dean of the First-Year Experience
MS. MALINDA B. SMITH, Director for Multicultural Affairs and Coordinator of the Martin Luther King Scholar Program
DR. CHRISTOPHER HOUSE, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies
DR. TANYA SAUNDERS, Assistant Provost, International Studies and Special Projects
DR. SEAN EVERSLEY-BRADWELL, Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
DR. BELISA GONZALEZ, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
NICOLE EVERSLEY-BRADWELL, Senior Associate Director, Off Campus and International Recruitment, Admission
DR. TOM ROCHON, President of Ithaca College
KATIE HELLMAN, HOME and Honors Residential LearningCommunities Residence Director
MR. ROGER PENNYMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR GUIDE JOANNE BLAND, REVEREND WILLIAMS & CAROLYN MCKINSTRY
FOOT SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
MLK SCHOLAR PROGRAM FACULTY & STAFF, HOME PROGRAM, AND ITHACA COLLEGE
REMEMBER TO STAY INFORMED AND BE MINDFUL OF INJUSTICE!
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