Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 19 Jan 2006 at 4:00 pm |
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| Location: | Sun Room, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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Ames • Iowa State University
Martin Luther King Jr.
Holiday Celebration 2006
Wednesday, January 11
LET FREEDOM RING
A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King.
Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur
11:50 a.m. - Central Campus
Monday, January 16
COMMUNITY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition! Parking behind 20th Century Bowling.
7 p.m. - Boys and Girls Club of Ames - 210 South Fifth Street, Ames, Iowa
Thursday, January 19
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATION
Musical groups and speakers celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Members of Shy of a Dozen
and the Gospel Soul Innovators will perform. Speakers include Government of the Student Body
President Angela Groh, Black Student Alliance President Jonnell Marion, and Historian Katherine
Charron. President Geoffroy will present the first Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing One Community
Awards. Birthday cake graciously donated by the Campus Dining Services. Students are welcome to
join a facilitated discussion in the Col. Pride Lounge following this event.
4 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union
Wednesday, January 25
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND OTHER STRATEGIES TO END DISCRIMINATION
AND RACISM
Iowa Civil Rights Commission Director Ralph Rosenberg; ISU Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity
Carla Espinoza; and Distinguished Professor of Sociology Cornelia Flora, also Director of the North
Central Regional Center for Rural Development, will discuss the controversial research of Roland Fryer.
8 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union
Tuesday, January 31
TOWARD A UNIFIED THEORY OF BLACK AMERICA - ROLAND FRYER
Harvard economist Roland Fryer, the 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. keynote speaker, uses economic
theory to study race relations in America. His groundbreaking work in using intricate economic theory in
the field of African American studies has garnered the attention beyond academic departments. He is a
Junior Fellow and assistant professor of economics at Harvard who received his doctorate in 2002 from
Pennsylvania State University. Refreshments, booksigning, and facilitated discussion will follow.
8 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union
Sponsored by: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Planning Committee, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Dean of Students, YWCA, Multicultural Student Affairs, Music Department, Black Student Alliance, Margaret Sloss Women's Center, Religious Studies, African American Studies Program, College of Agriculture, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Center for American Intercultural Studies, Economics, Boys and Girls Club of Ames, Student Union Board, and Committee on Lectures (funded
by GSB).