Yale Bulletin and Calendar

January 17, 2003|Volume 31, Number 15|Two-Week Issue

Talks, services to mark Yale's tribute to King

Yale is celebrating the life and legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events that began on his birthday, Jan. 15, and will continue through Jan. 20, the national holiday observed in his honor.

The commemoration includes panels and talks, performances, films and worship services sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Coordinating Council in conjunction with other student organizations.

In addition, the Peabody Museum of Natural History will hold a two-day festival on the theme "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental & Social Justice" on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 19 and 20. (See story.)

King's "Prophetic" Vision

"Salt of the Earth: A Prophetic Christian Vision of the Gospel and Social Justice," a combination worship service and panel discussion, will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, at the Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park St. Salt of the Earth, a Christian group at Dwight Hall committed to social justice and peacemaking, is convening the event, which will bring together community leaders and theologians to discuss the relevance of the Christian Gospel in working for social justice regarding issues particularly important to King -- race, violence and labor.

Invited panelists include Professor Gilbert Bond of the Divinity School; the Reverend Bonita Grubbs, Christian Community Action; the Reverend Scott Marks, New Growth Outreach Ministries; Bishop Theodore Brooks, Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church; and the Reverend Samuel Ross-Lee, Immanuel Baptist Church.

The event is free and open to the public.

"A Celebration Fit for a King"

Students from New Haven's Roberto Clemente Middle School will take an educational tour of Yale and take part in science, math and sports clinics as part of "A Celebration Fit for a King," to be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, 70 Tower Pkwy. The event is sponsored by the Pre-Medical Association for Afro-American and Latino Students and the Dwight Hall Education Network.

In keeping with the spirit of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, members of the Yale and Greater New Haven community are invited on Jan. 18 to express their own visions for the future on the Wall of Dreams, which will be located in the Payne Whitney Gym.

Also that day, there will be a faculty panel titled "Civil Rights Revisited and Affirmative Action: An Historical, Sociological and Educational Perspective" 4-6 p.m. in Rm. 102 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. Participants will include Professors Alondra Nelson and Glenda Gilmore, and Liza Cariaga-Lo, assistant dean for the Graduate School's Office of Diversity. The public is invited.

In conjunction with the panel discussion, there will be tables of educational information sponsored by the Yale AIDS Network, Yale Students for Peace, Students Against the Death Penalty and the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project (YHAAP).

On Sunday, Jan. 19, there will be an Interfaith Service and Discussion in Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and College streets (time to be announced). All are invited.

Bouchet dedication and more

Saybrook College will continue its tradition of honoring Yale "Worthies" in its entryways by dedicating one of the entryways added during its recent renovation to Edward Bouchet, the first African American to graduate from Yale College (Class of 1874) and the first African American in the United States -- and only the sixth individual in the nation -- to receive a Ph.D. The ceremony will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, at Saybrook College, 242 Elm St. For more information, call (203) 432-0540.

Other events at residential colleges that day will include:

* A talk by George Edwards, a former member of the New Haven Black Panther Party, at 2:30 p.m. in Ezra Stiles College, 19 Tower Pkwy. The public is invited.

* A speech and discussion about King's legacy and issues of race, followed by dinner at the Pierson College master's house. For more information, call (203) 432-1031.

* A screening of "At the River I Stand" with reception and discussion. Call (203) 432-0700 for information.

* A reception and discussion with jazz musician Mark Turner, which is open only to students at Timothy Dwight College. For information, call (203) 432-0770.

Also that day from noon to 2 p.m., the Afro-American Cultural Center will host a "Pan-Ethnic Luncheon" and film screening of King's speech "The Two Americas," which was given at Stanford University, May 1967; and A Four Season's production: "State of the Nation; The Color is Green," with Calvin Butts, Allen Callahan and Kathleen Cleaver. The center is located at 211 Park St. The events are free and open to the public.

The Jan. 20 events will close with a ceremony featuring performances by Yale and community groups 8-9:30 p.m. in Battell Chapel.

Co-sponsors of the above events include Dwight Hall, Calhoun, Saybrook, Timothy Dwight, Ezra Stiles and Silliman colleges; PAALS, Interfaith Service Committee, Salt of the Earth, Muslim Student Association, The Yale Co-op, Black Student Alliance, the Anti-Racism Group, Yale AIDS Network, Yale Students for Peace, Students Against the Death Penalty, YHAAP, Film Studies Program and the Afro-American Cultural Center.

Call (203) 432-4131 for general information or e-mail lindsey.greene@yale.edu.

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