Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week kicks off today; full schedule of events set

Martin Luther King Jr.In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration week, organizations across the university will host a variety of events. A list of events is found below. For more information and a full description of events, visit case.edu/events/mlk/about/events.html

Friday, Jan. 17

  • Spring Community Service Fair
    Thwing Center Ballroom
    12:30 p.m.
    Sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement & Learning and Mistletoe Residential Council

Monday, Jan. 20

  • MLK Day Service and Symposium: A Call to Action
    Cleveland Hillel Auditorium
    9:30 a.m.
    Sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement & Learning, Cleveland Hillel, the Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Multicultural Affairs

Tuesday, Jan. 21

  • The Man, The Movement, The Marches
    Kelvin Smith Library
    Noon
    Sponsored by Kelvin Smith Library and Cleveland State University’s Howard A. Mims African American Cultural Center
  • Screening of Lee Daniels’ The Butler
    Wolstein Research Building Auditorium
    6 p.m.
    Sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity

 Wednesday, Jan. 22

  • KSL Reading Club: The Butler: A Witness to History
    Kelvin Smith Library, Dampeer Room
    Noon
    Sponsored by Kelvin Smith Library
  • Values to Vision: Finding Your Passion to Shape Your Future
    Kelvin Smith Library, LL-6
    4 p.m.
    Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Career Center
  • Living the Dream: Ten Black Women Activists You Need to Meet
    Thwing Center Atrium
    5:30 p.m.
    Sponsored by the African American Society, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and the New Abolitionists

Thursday, Jan. 23

  • Food for the Soul
    Thwing Center Atrium
    Noon
    Sponsored by Student Activities & Leadership and the Office of Multicultural Affairs
  • Underground Railroad and Abolitionists
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Room 320abc
    3 p.m.
    Sponsored by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

Friday, Jan. 24

  • Annual MLK Convocation featuring Wil Haygood
    Amasa Stone Chapel
    12:30 p.m.
    The Office of the President, Donor Relations and University Events, the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence

Monday, Jan. 27

  • Religion and the Constitution in Modern Life
    School of Law, Room A58
    Noon
    Sponsored by the American Constitution Society, the Black Law Students Association, the Federalist Society and the Jewish Law Students Association

For more information, visit case.edu/events/mlk/about/events.html