The campus community will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy with a number of events.
For a full description of each event, as well as registration information, visit the University Events website.
The following events will be part of Case Western Reserve University’s MLK Celebration.
MLK Convocation featuring LaToya Ruby Frazier
Friday, Jan. 18
12:45 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom
LaToya Ruby Frazier, an advocate and visual artist, will headline Case Western Reserve’s MLK Celebration.
Marilyn Mobley, vice president for diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity, will give an address on diversity at CWRU.
Learn more about Frazier and reserve your spot.
Sustained Dialogue Moderator Training
Saturday, Jan. 19
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thwing Center, Room 101
Faculty, staff and students can become a Sustained Dialogue moderator at this training session. Sustained Dialogue teaches community members to discuss diversity and inclusion and develop proposals for improvement.
Register for the training through CampusGroups.
“Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland”
Tuesday, Jan. 22
4 to 6:30 p.m.
Kelvin Smith Library, Dampeer Room
James Robenalt, a local author, attorney and historian, will discuss what caused violence in Cleveland in the 1960s, particularly the Hough Riot and Glenville Shootout.
Find out more on the Social Justice Institute website.
Women of Color Series
Wednesdays, Jan. 23 and Feb. 20
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women
The Women of Color series will be composed of several discussions on intersectional feminism and advocacy for marginalized women.
Learn more about the series and get registration information.
“Thirty: Exploring Artistically the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”—exhibit opening and reception
Thursday, Jan. 24
4:30 to 6 p.m.
Kelvin Smith Library
The library will host an opening reception for an exhibit of work by Cleveland high school students and artist Jason Leibowitz that focuses on human and educational rights.
Multicultural Leadership Institute Retreat
Saturday, Jan. 26
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms
The University Farm will host a retreat for the Multicultural Leadership Institute, an organization dedicated to teaching undergraduates how their identities inform how they lead.
Register for the retreat through CampusGroups.
The Importance of Stories in Bystander Intervention
Thursday, Jan. 31
3 to 5 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center, Senior Classroom
CWRU Green Dot will host a session introducing bystander intervention to students, including strategies for intervention and a commitment to discourage violence in the community.
View the Facebook event page for more information.
Women of Color Series/OIDEO Lunch & Learn: Intersectionality
Friday, Feb. 1
12:30 to 2 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center, Senior Classroom
Members of the CWRU community will convene to discuss how to improve work, research and service with intersectional analysis.
“Reclaiming the Narrative: The Importance of the Black Male Perspective”
Friday, Feb. 1
5 to 8 p.m.
Thwing Center, Room 101
Robert Brown, director of social justice at Northwestern University, will lead a discussion of black men’s experience on majority white college campuses.
Social Justice Teach-In
Saturday, Feb. 9
11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center
The community can attend a Social Justice Teach-In featuring a keynote address by Anthony Grimes, an internationally renowned speaker and advocate.
Register for the Social Justice Teach-In.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Focus on Africa
Wednesday, Feb. 20
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Kelvin Smith Library
In honor of U.N. World Social Justice Day, a panel of human rights scholars from CWRU and Kent State University will discuss their research into rights for different populations in Africa.
Mentor Meet and Greet
Tuesday, Feb. 26
6 to 8 p.m.
Thwing Center Ballroom
First-generation college students can meet with mentors who were also first-generation students, but who now serve as faculty and staff at CWRU.