Blair Global Music Series
| January 31, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Saturday, January 31
8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
Blair Global Music Series
Candace Kerr Johnson, soprano; Margaret Kapasi, pianist
This solo performance features songs, arias, and spirituals by African American composers such as Leslie
Adams, Margaret Bonds, Adolphus Hailstork, Olly Wilson, and others.
Social Responsibility in an Age of Scarcity: Realizing Economic Justice at Vanderbilt Today
| January 22, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Thursday, January 22
6:00 p.m., Room 114, Furman Hall
“Social Responsibility in an Age of Scarcity: Realizing Economic Justice at Vanderbilt Today”
The Reverend James Lawson and invited guests
Panel moderated by Eli Feghali, co-founder of Vanderbilt Students of Nonviolence Martin Luther King’s later-life emphasis on economic and social justice is often overshadowed by his work advancing racial equality and desegregation. When King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, he was participating in the Poor People’s Campaign, supporting sanitation workers struggling for dignity and respect. This community forum will honor King’s commitment to economic justice by initiating a discussion at Vanderbilt about our own responsibility as workers and consumers within the second-largest private employer in Tennessee. An open discussion between students, faculty, administration, and workers will be the first step to coming together around our shared priorities and values.
Keynote/Candlelight Vigil for Martin Luther King Jr Day
| January 19, 2009 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
6:00 p.m., keynote/candlelight vigil, Benton Chapel
5:00 p.m., reception, Tillett Lounge
“Votes, Voices, and Victory: How far have we come?”
Charles McDew, Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 1961—1964
Introduction by The Reverend James Lawson
Charles McDew was one of the founders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and led
the group from 1961 to1964. He has devoted his life to issues of social and political change, to the empowerment and development of local black leadership, to civil and human rights, and to the fight against racism.
An activist as well as a theoretician, he led his first demonstration in the eighth grade, protesting violations
of the religious freedom of Amish students in his hometown of Massillon, Ohio.
MLK Jr. Day Candlelight Vigil
A candlelight vigil in memory of MLK and in honor of the many activists past and present who are still fighting for the ideals and values that he represented will follow the lecture. Performances by Vanderbilt’s Jeremiah Generation Praise Team, VU Spoken Word, and Nu Image – a Nashville a cappella
group.
This event is co-sponsored by Peabody College of Education and Human Development.
Making Progress Happen for People with Disabilities–Past, Present, and Future
| January 19, 2009 | ||
| 4:10 pm | to | 6:10 pm |
4:10 p.m., Room 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy
Center/MRL Bldg, Peabody Campus
“Making Progress Happen for People with Disabilities—Past, Present, and Future”
Robert Silverstein, J.D., Director, Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy; Principal,
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C. The latest installment in the Kennedy Center’s series “Lectures on Development and Developmental Disabilities,” followed by a reception
Was Reverend King [Un]Patriotic?: Examining American Patriotism in Light of Religious Difference, Prophetic Preaching, and Party Alliance
| January 15, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
7:00 p.m., Flynn Auditorium
Vanderbilt University Law School
“Was Reverend King [Un]Patriotic?: Examining American Patriotism in Light of Religious Difference, Prophetic Preaching, and Party Alliance”
Lewis Baldwin, Professor of Religious Studies; Forrest Harris, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Ministry, Director of the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on the African American Church; Kathleen Flake, Associate Professor of American Religious History; John Thatamanil, Assistant Professor of Theology; Shauna St. Clair, third-year master of divinity student. Panel facilitated by Paul Lim, Assistant Professor of History of Christianity and Religious Studies, and Tiffany Patterson, Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and American Studies, Community members and members of Vanderbilt’s faculty discuss King’s patriotism from the perspectives of American history, liberation theology, Black church studies, comparative religion, religion in America, political science, and Buddhist-Christian dialogue.
Prophets, Politics & Patriotism 2009 MLK Jr Commemorative Series
| January 15, 2009 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 1:00 pm |
Thursday, January 15
Noon, Flynn Auditorium
Vanderbilt University Law School
Melvin Oliver, Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social Sciences, College of Letters and Science,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Dean Oliver will address the ways in which the regulatory failures in the mortgage and housing industries
have had a disproportionate effect on wealth accumulation by African Americans in the United States.
Perception of the state of nursing in Botswana
| January 20, 2009 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 1:00 pm |
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Noon-1:00
School of Nursing Frist Hall – room 140
brown bag presentation
“Perception of the state of nursing in Botswana. Issues facing nursing from a practice perspective, update on the new hospital and what their nurses are doing in preparation i.e., training/education in new knowledge areas”
The Honorable Lesego E. Motsumi,
Minister of Health of the Republic of Botswana
(You are welcome to bring your own lunch to Brown Bag Events)
Courtesy of Institute of Global Health
Public Health System in Botswana: Successes and Challenges
| January 19, 2009 | ||
| 2:00 am |
Monday, January 19, 2009
Noon,
Room 208, Light Hall, VUMC
“The Public Health System in Botswana: Successes and Challenges”
Honorable Lesego Motsumi, Minister of Health, Republic of Botswana
Presentation followed by a reception in Minister Motsumi’s honor.
Courtesy of Institute of Global Health
Obama Inauguration Art Party & Exhibit
| January 20, 2009 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
Obama Inauguration Art Party and Exhibit
Tues, Jan 20. The Arts Company. 215 5th Avenue North. 254-2040. 11 am – 2 pm. Free. Live television coverage of the inauguration activities and an exhibit of commemorative portraits of Obama by four artists: Jorge Arrieta, Bob Grossman, Brother Mel, and Jeff Hand. The exhibit will run through January 30.
Courtesy of Downtown Details
Movie Time: The History and Trivia Behind Looney Tunes Cartoons
| January 17, 2009 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Movie Time: The History and Trivia Behind Looney Tunes Cartoons
Sat, Jan 17. Main Library. 615 Church Street, 862-5800. 2:00 pm. Movies@Main features lecturer Gregory Clark, professor of art history at the University of the South, as he discusses how Warner Bros and MGM animators imaginatively remade the story of Little Red Riding Hood in the 1930s and 1940s to reflect the themes and concerns of pre-World War II America (screening not appropriate for young children).
Courtesy of Downtown Details
