The continuing impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and ideals will be noted
Jan. 21–25 at the University of Wyoming.
The theme for the seventh annual Martin Luther King March and Days of Dialogue, “The
Politics of Dialogue,” reflects the importance -- and difficulty -- of honest, open
communication in a pluralistic society, according to the organizing committee.
The week of special activities renews UW’s commitment to make its campus a more welcoming
and empowering place for people from different backgrounds, heritages, orientations
or abilities, says MLK-DOD committee co-chair Malinda Daniel. Several UW organizations
and Laramie businesses sponsor the week’s activities.
Activities during the week will include the following:
Saturday, Jan. 19 -- Community service projects, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Laramie.
Monday, Jan. 21 -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, community service projects, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m., Laramie; Martin Luther King Jr. March and Dr. Willena Stanford Community Supper, begins at the Albany County Courthouse and ends at the Wyoming Union Yellowstone
Ballroom, 4–6:30 p.m. The 2008 Willena Stanford Diversity Award will be presented
at the dinner.
Tuesday, Jan. 22 -- ECTL book discussion ("Teaching Defiance," by Michael Newman), noon–1:30, 307 Coe Library; performance
by Day Acoli, Denver hip-hop poet, 6 p.m., Yellowstone Ballroom, Wyoming Union; "One Arab, One Jew, One Stage" comedy show, featuring stand-up comic duo Bob Alper and Azhar Usman, 8 p.m., Arts and Sciences
Auditorium.
Wednesday, Jan. 23 -- "Food of Diversity" smorgasbord, featuring foods from around the world, 4-7 p.m., Washakie Dining Center; Kenyan artists, exhibition of African mud paintings from Kenya and Ghana, reception and gallery viewing
with curator Godwill Mock, 5-7 p.m., Senate Chambers, Wyoming Union; keynote performance
and book/poster signing by Saul Williams, New York spoken-word artist and author of the book "The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost
Teachings of Hip-Hop," 7 p.m., Yellowstone Ballroom, Wyoming Union.
Thursday, Jan. 24 -- Keepers of the Fire Talking Circle, “Back to the ‘Hood: Can It Be Done After College?"; panel discussion and lunch, including guests Trivia Afraid of Lightning, student
from Oglala Lakota College on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and Patterson Yazzie,
communications specialist at American Indian College Fund, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Senate
Chambers, Wyoming Union; “Don’t Let Others Define You,” presentation by Trivia Afraid of Lightning, 3-4 p.m., Yellowstone Ballroom, Wyoming Union; performance by Boston-based Soulfege, global urban fusion band, 8 p.m., Yellowstone Ballroom, Wyoming Union.
Friday, Jan. 25 -- Talk by Guy Padgett, youngest-ever mayor of Casper, and first openly gay mayor in Wyoming, 4 p.m., Wyoming
Union Family Room; Dat Phan, original winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing," 6 p.m., Arts & Sciences Auditorium;
Poetry Slam, 9 p.m., King Street Market, Washakie Center.
Among other events are a book display at Coe Library, presentations sponsored by
the College of Law and the President's Advisory Council on Minorities’ and Women’s
Affairs (PACMWA), and a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Art Show featuring art, poetry,
and essays by K–12 students in Laramie.
Check the Web site at www.uwyo.edu/mlk for an updated, comprehensive listing of activities.
Most events are free, and all are open to the public.
Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2007
