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Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee
conferences.and.special.events@dartmouth.edu
(603) 646-3749
HB 6236, Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
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Calendar of Events 2012

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted

Friday, January 13

Elmo and child

Hopkins Center Film  
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
7 pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
$8 • $5 Dartmouth ID • $5 children 12 & under

Sunday, January 15

Robert Moses

Tucker Foundation
Community Faith Celebration
With Bob Moses, PhD, Founder & President, The Algebra Project
2–3:30 pm, Rollins Chapel

Monday, January 16

Breakfast

Human Resources
MLK Day Employee Celebration Breakfast

With Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson, JD; VP for Human Resources Myron McCoo, MTS, JD; and Director of Employee and Labor Relations/Recruitment Services Alton A. J. Harmon, JD
8–9:30 am, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center
Pre-registration required

Towards Freedom

The 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech at Dartmouth
Towards Freedom
An audiorecording of King’s speech accompanied by images from the Civil Rights Movement
9 am–3 pm, 105 Dartmouth Hall

Armenian Girls with Quilts

Tucker Foundation Service Opportunity
MLK Day of Service: Dartmouth Gives Back
10 am–4 pm, Collis Common Ground

Global Learning

Student Forum on Global Learning
With opening address by Daniel Moses, PhD, Director, Seeds of Peace Educators’ Program
11:30 am–4 pm, Haldeman & Kemeny Halls
Sessions run throughout the afternoon
Full presentation abstracts and additional information

Group of seated DPP students outdoors

Diversity Peer Leadership Program
Social Identities Workshop
3–4 pm, Fahey Hall, ground floor

Dartmouth Alliance for Children of Color

DACC/WoCC Playdate
Sharing Dreams for the Future
3:30–5 pm, Cutter-Shabazz Hall, mural room
Parents or guardians must remain with their children

Alpha Phi Alpha Logo

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Presents
20th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Candlelight Vigil Procession
With an address by Robert L. Wallace, Tuck ’84, DHL, President and CEO of BITHGROUP Technologies, Inc.
5 pm, gather at Cutter-Shabazz Hall, first floor

Herman Boone

Keynote Address by Herman Boone
Former Coach of the T. C. Williams Titans
With remarks by President Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD and Joan Alexandria Leslie ’12, President of the Afro-American Society
7 pm, Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts
Reception to follow at the Top of the Hop
Free tickets available in person only at the Hop Box Office beginning Jan. 10 at noon for those with Dartmouth student, faculty, or staff I.D.; beginning Jan. 12 at 10 am for the general public. Four-ticket limit per person. Ticket holders must be in their seats by 6:45 pm, after which empty seats become available to all.

Tuesday, January 17

Tayo Aluko

Tucker Foundation Lunch Discussion
What Matters to Me and Why?
With Hopkins Center Guest Performer Tayo Aluko
12 noon–1 pm, Tucker Foundation Living Room

Dr. Jennifer Madden

DMS Lecture
Gender Variance for the Primary Care Physician
By Jennifer Madden, MD
12:15 pm,
Vail Chilcott Auditorium, Dartmouth Medical School

Professor Susan Brison

Leslie Center for the Humanities Lecture
Hate Speech and American Exceptionalism
By Susan Brison, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy

4:30 pm, Haldeman 041 • Reception to follow

Tayo Aluko

Hopkins Center Performance
Call Mr. Robeson
Written and performed by Tayo Aluko; with Michael Conliffe, piano
7 pm, Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center
$28 • Dartmouth students $10

Wednesday, January 18 

Tayo Aluko

Hopkins Center Performance
Call Mr. Robeson
Written and performed by Tayo Aluko; with Michael Conliffe, piano
7 pm, Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center
$28 • Dartmouth students $10

Thursday, January 19

Roger Daly Mug Shot

Community Lunch Panel Discussion
Dartmouth Alumni of the Civil Rights Movement
With William Burton ’65; Roger Daly ’67, MDiv, MEd; Dirk DeRoos ’68, JD; and Paul Stetzer ’67
Facilitated by Denise Anthony, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology
12 noon–1:30 pm, Collis Common Ground
Light lunch provided

Friday, January 20

Sugarplum

LIFTED
Performances in honor of Dr. King by Dartmouth student groups Sugarplum, Subtleties, Ballet Folklorico, X.ado, Dodecaphonics, For Your Glory, Soulscribes, Monte Reed, Joan Alexandria Leslie, and more
7:30 pm, Collis Common Ground

Monday, January 23

AKA

Alpha Kappa Alpha Dinner Discussion
Demystifying the Talented Tenth
With the sisters of AKA and Reena Goldthree, PhD, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
6–8 pm, 101 Collis Center

Tuesday, January 24

Freedom Riders Film

Institutional Diversity & Equity Film Presentation
Freedom Riders
12 noon–2 pm, 324 Blunt Alumni Center
Brown bag lunch; beverages and dessert provided

Eyes on the Prize

Palaeopitus Senior Society Presents
A Dream Fulfilled?: King’s spiritual, social & economic ideology, and his impact on our world today
4–6 pm, Collis Common Ground

Dartmouth Medical School Shield

DMS Lecture
Social Accountability and Health Care Equity
By Irene Dankwa Mullan DMS’97, MD, MPH and Fitzhugh Mullan, MD
5:30 pm Reception, 6:00 pm PresentationsVail Chilcott Auditorium, Dartmouth Medical School

Thursday, January 26

Lawrence Health Center Sign

DMS Interactive Session
Helping the Dream Come True: Freedom, Poverty, and Health
With the Lawrence Family Health Center Team
5:30 pm, Auditorium E, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Friday, January 27

Social Justice Awards Logo

 

MLK Social Justice Awards and Panel Discussion
4:30 pm, Collis Common Ground
Reception to follow

HONOREES
Michael W. Mascari ’65, MSW
Executive Director, AHRC Nassau and Affiliates
Chidi C. Achebe DMS’96, MD, MPH, MBA
President & CEO, Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
Jessica R. Lawson ’04
Co-founder & Associate Director, The Mariposa DR Foundation
Rebecca M. Heller ’05, JD
Co-founder & Director, Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Students for Africa
The Help Film

Hopkins Center Film
The Help
7 pm, Arthur M. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art
$8 • $5 Dartmouth ID

Friday, February 3

Professor Erica Chenoweth

Rockefeller & Dickey Center Lecture
Why Civil Resistance Works: Nonviolence in the Past and Future
By Erica Chenoweth, PhD, Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and Founder and Director of Wesleyan’s Program on Terrorism & Insurgency Research
4:30–6 pm, Rockefeller Center 003

RELATED EVENTS

Thursday, January 12

Simply Raw Film Cover

DMS MLK Celebration Film
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days

6 pm, Vail Chilcott Auditorium, Dartmouth Medical School

Tuesday, February 7

Aqqaluk Lynge

The Dickey Center Presents the Rabbi Marshall Meyer Social Justice Great Issues Lecture
Inuit in the Changing Arctic: A Bright New Future or Fight for Survival?

By Aqqaluk Lynge, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
4:30–6 pm, Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

Wednesday, February 8

Painting of Mountains by Kay Walkingstick

Hood Museum of Art Special Event
A Conversation with Artist Kay WalkingStick, MFA
5:30 pm, Arthur M. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art

 

Last Updated: 1/24/12