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| DATE |
TIME |
EVENT |
LOCATION |
Sunday,
January 13 |
5:00 PM |
28th Annual Martin Luther King Community Celebration |
Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church |
| Wednesday, January 16 |
3:30-5:30 PM |
Panel Discussion:
"Passing the Torch: Rekindling the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by Doing Well While Doing Good in the Public Sector " |
Newcomb Hall
South Meeting Room |
Friday,
January 18 |
10:00-11:30 AM |
Speaker: Libby Roderick
"You Can Observe a Lot by Just Watching: Learning from Indigenous Pedagogies" |
Nau Hall, Room 101 |
Friday,
January 18 and
Saturday,
January 19 |
6:00-10:00 PM
11:00 AM-
7:00 PM |
Draw-a-thon |
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center |
Sunday,
January 20 |
2:00 PM |
Panel Discussion:
"Charlottesville Civil War Monuments: Do They Hold Significance for Today's Society?" |
The Haven |
| Monday, January 21 |
All Day |
MLK Day of Service |
Various |
| Monday, January 21 |
(Assigned to Participants) |
Shadow-a-Health-Professional Day |
Medical Center |
| Monday, January 21 |
4:00-6:00 PM |
Health System Speakers:
Brenda Armstrong and Cathy Campbell |
McLeod Hall Auditorium |
| Monday, January 21 |
7:00 PM |
Arts into Action |
Random Row Books |
| Tuesday, January 22 |
9:30-10:00 AM |
First Coffee Commemoration |
Darden School of Business |
Tuesday,
January 22 |
5:30-7:30 PM |
VCAC Service Project:
FAFSA Completion Night |
Orange County High School |
Tuesday,
January 22 |
6:00 PM |
Film Screening & Panel Discussion:
Slavery by Another Name |
Nau Hall, Room 101 |
| Wednesday, January 23 |
2:00-3:30 PM |
"The Road to Brown v. Board of Education"
The William Elwood Civil Rights Lawyers Project |
Harrison/Small Auditorium |
Wednesday,
January 23 |
5:30-7:30 PM |
VCAC Service Project:
FAFSA Completion Night |
Louisa County High School |
| Wednesday, January 23 |
7:00 PM |
Solidarity Day Forum |
Newcomb Hall Theater
|
| Thursday, January 24 |
11:00 AM |
Speaker: Kimberley L. Phillips
"Soldiers in the American Imagination" |
Miller Center |
| Thursday, January 24 |
7:00 PM |
Speaker: Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr.
Keynote Address & Gospel Commemoration |
Newcomb Hall Ballroom |
Friday,
January 25 |
4:30-6:00 PM
|
Panel Discussion: "Free Enterprise: From Montgomery to Main Street" |
Darden School of Business, Classroom 50 |
| Friday, January 25 |
Ongoing |
Poster Contest |
Boys & Girls Club of Charlottesville |
Saturday,
January 26 |
7:30 PM |
Comedy Show: Akintunde |
Piedmont Virginia Community College |
Sunday,
January 27 |
2:00 PM |
Interfaith Worship Service |
The Jefferson Theater |
| Monday, January 28 |
10:45 AM-5:45 PM |
Symposium:
"Creative Maladjustment: Martin Luther King and the Poetics and Politics of Freedom" |
Harrison/Small Auditorium |
| Monday, January 28 |
11:00 AM |
Speaker: James T. Patterson
"The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America" |
Miller Center |
| Tuesday, January 29 |
12:30-1:30 PM |
Panel Discussion:
"Addressing Disparities in Access to Care: Lessons from the Kercheval Street Clinic in the 1960s" |
McLeod Hall Auditorium |
| Tuesday, January 29 |
6:00 PM |
Panel Discussion:
"Legitimate Fruits of Freedom": The African American Struggle for Equal Opportunity in 19th Century Albemarle County |
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center |
| Wednesday, January 30 |
6:00 PM |
A Living Legend: The University of Virginia Honors Julian Bond |
The Paramount Theater |
| Thursday, January 31 |
1:30-2:30 PM |
Brown Bag Lunch Discussion |
Darden School of Business |
| Thursday, January 31 |
4:30 PM |
Speaker: Mary Bauer
Southern Poverty Law Center |
Caplin Pavilion, School of Law |
| Thursday, January 31 |
6:00-7:00 PM |
"After the Rifles"
Speaker: Ben Shaw
Charlottesville Wounded Warriors |
Minor Hall, Room 125 |
Friday,
February 1 |
12:00-3:00 PM |
"From Montgomery to Obamacare"
Health Care Road Show |
Westhaven Community Center |
Friday,
February 1 |
7:30 PM |
Staged Reading:
"Breaking the Chains" |
V. Earl Dickinson Building, Piedmont Virginia Community College |
| Monday, February 4 |
6:00-8:00 PM |
Panel Discussion:
"From Main Street to Martin Luther King Street"
|
Garrett Hall |
Friday,
February 8 |
10:30 AM and 12:30 PM |
Walk On: The Rosa Parks Story
(Updated Info) |
The Paramount Theater |
Friday,
February 8 |
6:00 PM |
Artist Lecture: Jefferson Pinder |
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center |
| Ongoing Jan 21-March 1 |
9:00 AM-9:00 PM Mon-Thurs, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Fri & Sat |
Exhibition:
"Embracing Equality: Before and Beyond Brown v. Board of Education, 1950-1969: An American Civil Rights Exhibition" |
Harrison/Small Special Collections Library, First Floor Lobby |
