The University of 91吃瓜 will host in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day from Jan. 19 (Saturday) to Jan. 26 (Saturday), with events including a prayer service, lectures, a musical performance and a celebration luncheon with accompanying panel discussion.
Now in its fourth year, Walk the Walk Week offers students, faculty, staff and the community at large the opportunity to celebrate the diversity that exists on campus and to reflect on ways to make 91吃瓜 even more welcoming and inclusive.
This year鈥檚 celebration will commence with a Candlelight Prayer Service at 11 p.m. Jan. 20 (Sunday) in the Main Building Rotunda. 91吃瓜 President Rev. John. I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will preside over the service, which is open to the public. A complimentary late-night breakfast will be served afterward in South Dining Hall.
On Jan. 21 (Monday), Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students, faculty and staff are invited to an MLK Celebration Luncheon and accompanying panel discussion at 11:30 a.m. in the North Dome of the Joyce Center. The event is free but ticketed. Department heads will provide information about ticket distribution to faculty and staff. Student tickets will be available at the LaFortune Box Office. There will be shuttles for transportation to and from the luncheon.
Titled 鈥淎 Call to Love: Bridging the Racial Divide,鈥� the panel discussion will feature seven members of the 91吃瓜 community: , director of the and associate professor of ; , director of ; , director of the and Coyle Professor of Literacy Education; Alyssa Ngo, class of 2019; , vice president, associate provost, dean of first year of studies and professor of and ; , Michael P. Grace Professor of ; and Cameasha Turner, doctor of jurisprudence, third year. The panelists will discuss the recent inclusive campus student survey, among other topics.
Classes will be canceled midday Monday to allow students, faculty and staff to attend the luncheon. Those who cannot attend the luncheon are invited to gather in the dining halls for community building. Lunch in the dining halls will be complimentary from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with a 91吃瓜 ID.
The full schedule of events is as follows:
All week
鈥� Exhibit: Civil Rights Photography, Snite Museum of Art.
鈥� Art Walk, Duncan Student Center.
Jan. 19 (Saturday)
鈥� UZIMA! African Drumming and Dance, 7:30 p.m., DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (ticketed event).
Jan. 20 (Sunday)
鈥� Candlelight Prayer Service, 11 p.m., Main Building Rotunda. Breakfast to follow at South Dining Hall.
Jan. 21 (Monday)
鈥� MLK Celebration Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Joyce Center North Dome (free but ticketed).
鈥� Community Building Lunches, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., campus dining halls (free with 91吃瓜 ID).
鈥� An Evening with Opal Tometi, co-founder of Black Lives Matter (professional development session for faculty and staff), 4 p.m., Montgomery Auditorium, LaFortune Student Center.
鈥� 鈥淎merican Identity Crisis? The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Relations in the U.S,鈥� 5 p.m., 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls.
鈥� Lecture featuring Opal Tometi, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, 7 p.m., 102 DeBartolo Hall.
Jan. 22 (Tuesday)
鈥� 鈥淒ome-ish鈥� Episode 3: 鈥淚dentity Crisis,鈥� 5:30 p.m., Montgomery Auditorium, LaFortune Student Center.
鈥� 鈥淐onversations that Matter: Another Narrative about What鈥檚 Happening at Our Southern Border,鈥� 7 p.m., Coleman-Morse Lounge.
Jan. 23 (Wednesday)
鈥� Social Concerns Fair, 6 p.m., Dahnke Ballroom, Duncan Student Center.
鈥� Artist reception: Juan Sanchez, 鈥淧revalence: Sacred Traces,鈥� 7 p.m., 106 Duncan Student Center.
Jan. 24 (Thursday)
鈥� Unity Summit, 9 a.m., Monogram Room, Joyce Center.
鈥� Mass for Peace and Unity, 5:15 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
鈥� 鈥溾�榃hat Sport do you Play?鈥�: A Discussion on Race, Athletics and Educational Access,鈥� 6 p.m., Remick Commons Visitation Hall.
鈥� Artist reception: Ralph Helmick, 鈥淓difice,鈥� 7 p.m., 210 Duncan Student Center.
Jan. 25 (Friday)
鈥� 鈥淐onfronting Whiteness at 91吃瓜: Power, Identity and Exclusion,鈥� 4 p.m., Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium.
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Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu