Come see IC faculty and students present during MLK Day through the Educational sessions scheduled at 10am and 2pm. The listing of topics are below. For details on each session, see the MLK Day Celebration Website.
Students, sign up for events ahead of time on OrgSync and receive credit in the Student Leadership Institute.
Block 1: 10:00am - 11:45am
Beyond Dreaming: And What If Black Lives Don't Matter?
Clark Lounge
Presented by: Dr. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Predoctoral Diversity Fellow in the Department of Writing
From Movement to Monuments: How Design Creates Structures of Change
Taughannock Falls Room
Presented by: Aaron Lipford, 2015, Biochemistry
Meet Me at Equality: The People's March on Washington
Klingenstein Lounge
Presented by: James Rada, Professor of Journalism
Block 2 EDU Session: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Stop the New Jim Crow: Why Challenging Mass Incarceration is Crucial to Pursuing MLK's Dream
Klingenstein Lounge
Presented by: Dr. Paula Ioanide, Professor in the Center for Race, Culture, and Ethnicity
Exploring Privilege and Oppression
Taughannock Falls Room
Presented by the Diversity Peer Educators
Creating Inclusivity at Events on IC Campus
Ithaca Falls Room
Presented by The Student Organization Specialist Team: Lia Munoz, Alexander Cammy, Annie Yuen, and Emily Quinn
Where do we start? Racial profiling and change(d) relations on campus and in the community
Clark Lounge
Moderated by Dr. Jonathan Ablard, Associate Professor, History and Dr. Patricia Rodriguez, Assoc Prof, Politics
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