Photographs
Far left: Dorothy Allison (third from left) and students following Allison's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration keynote address. Photo by Joseph Mehling, College Photographer. Center: Members of AXIS Dance Company, a mixed-ability dance troupe, performing at the Hopkins Center as part of a Hopkins Center campus residency cosponsored by IDE. Photo by Jack Rowell. Right: Discussions at a Diversity Forum hosted by IDE. Photo by The Dartmouth.
Artwork
Detail from mural produced by Ernesto Cuevas and Dartmouth students as part of Encuentro Latino, a Summer Arts Festival coordinated by the Leslie Center for the Humanities.
Thursday, January 11 - Kellogg Auditorium
12:15 PM ABC News Primetime Live "Out of Control: AIDS America in Black and White"; Luncheon followed by discussion.
As the world marked the 25th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS this summer, one important story was mostly ignored: AIDS is an epidemic in the African American community and it's spreading fast.
Monday, January 15 - Chilcott Auditorium
4 PM MLK Day - Dr. Lee Witters' playing of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Class of 1965 Graduation Address to Oberlin College and Candle Light Vigil from Chilcott Auditorium to Join the Cutter Shabazz Candlelight Vigil.
Wednesday, January 17 - Kellogg Auditorium
5:30 PM Dinner
6 PM Town Hall meeting with Moderator Eric Pritchard "Resisting Silence, Rebuffing Stigmas, Rebuilding Community: Heterosexism, Homophobia and the Struggle Against HIV/AIDS in Black Communities."
Tuesday, January 23- Kellogg Auditorium
5:30 PM Dinner
6:00 PM Evening Presentation: The Role of the Black Church in Combating HIV/AIDS in the Black Community. Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III.
(For more information on this speaker please visit www.apbspeakers.com.)
Co-Sponsored by:
DMS Office of Multicultural Affairs
Tucker Foundation
The Bildner Foundation
Office of Black Student Advising
To RSVP and for more information, contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 650-1582.
Thursday, February 22
9 am, Common Ground
"Vieux Farka Toure is one of the world's most thrilling and talented new artists. He is the successor to the internationally celebrated legacy of his two-time Grammy Award-winning father, Ali Farka Toure. Blending rock, funk, and reggae with the Saharan Blues of his native Mali, Vieux is pioneering an electrifying new global sound. A brilliant guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Vieux brings the energy and charisma that has mesmerized audiences in Europe to the US for the first time. His first worldwide release, the self-titled album Vieux Farka Toure (Modiba/World Village) hits US shelves in early 2007.
Co-Sponsored by:
Students for Africa
Progressives
Programming Board
COSO
African and African-American Studies Department
Music Department
For more information about tickets and the event, please contact Kristina Gebhard, at Kristina.Gebhard@Dartmouth.edu or Katrina Roi, at Katrina.J.Roi@Dartmouth.edu.
