A weeklong celebration of MLK
甜瓜视频app鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. weeklong celebration will be highlighted this year with speaker Charisse Burden-Stelly鈥檚 keynote address 鈥淒r. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Tradition of Radical Blackness.鈥�
Burden-Stelly is a 2021-22 visiting scholar in the Race and Capitalism Project at the University of Chicago and an assistant professor of Africana studies and political science at Carleton College. She is a scholar of critical Black studies, political theory and intellectual history, and the co-author of 鈥淲.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History.鈥�
Her published work appears in journals including Small Axe, Souls, Du Bois Review, Socialism & Democracy, International Journal of Africana Studies, Journal of Intersectionality and the CLR James Journal. Burden-Stelly鈥檚 public scholarship can be found in publications including Monthly Review, Boston Review, Black Perspectives and Black Agenda Report. Additionally, she is the co-host, with Layla Brown, of 鈥淭he Last Dope Intellectual鈥� podcast.
Her address will be Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Bardo Arts Center Performance Hall.
Other MLK events include:
Monday, Jan. 17 鈥� The annual MLK Jr. Unity March will begin with poster making at 10 a.m. in the University Center鈥檚 multipurpose room, followed the by the annual march which will start at the fountain in the center of campus at 11 a.m.
The first of two service learning opportunities will take place, hosted by the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning. Time and location TBD.
Tuesday, Jan. 18 鈥� The College of Business is hosting 鈥淒wayne Tutt Talk: The Economics of Dr. King and the 1965 Voting Rights Act鈥� at 5 p.m. in the UC multipurpose room.
This talk will explore the economic thoughts of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the economics of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It will explore the economic power of voting in a democracy and its relationship to capitalism.
Wednesday, Jan. 19 鈥� Intercultural Affairs will host a keynote workshop titled 鈥淢artin Luther King Jr. and W.E.B. Du Bois Against U.S. Imperialism鈥� at 10 a.m. in the UC multipurpose room.
The presentation of Student Leadership Awards, followed by the keynote address, will take place at 7 p.m. in Bardo Arts Center Performance Hall.
Thursday, Jan. 20 鈥� David Walton, director of WCU鈥檚 Global Black Studies program, will lead a workshop on 鈥淪trategies for Classroom Diversity and Inclusion.鈥� It will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the UC multipurpose room.
Friday, Jan. 21 鈥� Intercultural Affairs will hold a meet and greet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. with artist Zeke Jennette, who won the Chancellor's Award at the 53rd Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition for his painting, Oshun. Intercultural Affairs will show an exhibition of Jennette's work in their gallery throughout January and host a meet and greet vernissage with him on Jan. 21. Light refreshments will be served.
Students will hold a pair of workshops. The first will be at 4 p.m. called 鈥淲hat I鈥檝e Been Told,鈥� followed by 鈥淛oy as Resistance鈥� at 5:30 p.m. Both will be held in the UC multipurpose room.
Saturday, Jan. 22 鈥� The second of two service learning opportunities will take place, hosted by the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning. Time and location TBD.
