MLK Week 2023: Reclaiming the Narrative(s)

We invite you to participate in as many programs and workshops as your schedule permits by registering for events. And in doing so, we invite you to lean into all of the work Dr. King started, its implications across the last several decades, and where we can continue his work; adding to his narrative of committing to sustain a reality that is just, equitable, and loving for everyone.

Schedule

Monday January 16

• 10 a.m. — 12 p.m.
  Founders Great Hall
• MLK Day of Service in Founders Great Hall

  Join us as we package snack bags and make cards with Caring for Friends.

• 12 p.m.
  Founders Green
• Peace Circle led by Nikki Young, VP for Institutional Equity and Access
  

• 1 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.
  Lutnick 200
• Advocate & Organize in Lutnick Libraryl

  Honor youth activists for inclusivity and social change with the CPGC and guest speakers Edha Gupta and Christine Ellis, student leaders that led the successful effort to overturn Central York School District's book ban! Along with the youth speakers, several Philly and Ardmore authors and activists for Black-led literary spaces will share their stories and insights.

There is a special registration for Monday’s events.

Tuesday January 17

• 12 p.m. — 1 p.m.
  MCC - Stokes Hall
• Capturing the Evolving Social Justice Narrative in Professional Sports Talk

  Join us as we chat with professional sportswriter Brandon “Scoop” Robinson about how he has witnessed and chronicled social justice movements play out in professional and collegiate sports across the country. He’ll share his take on the detention and return of WNBA player Brittany Griner as a social justice matter,, the shift to NIL in collegiate sports and allowing college athletes to sign endorsements and be spokespersons, as well as the continued cost to Colin Kapernick and his BLM stance.
  Refreshments will be provided

• 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  Dining Center Foyer
• Meet Us in the DC

  Stop by the DC Foyer to meet Emily and Raquel from the Student Diversity Equity and Inclusion team. We’ll talk about how you can get involved with our offices, register for upcoming events throughout the spring semester, and we’ll have giveaways.

Wednesday January 18

• 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  Dining Center Foyer
• Meet Us in the DC

  Stop by the DC Foyer to meet Christina, Julian, Sayeeda, and Natasha from the Student Diversity Equity and Inclusion team. We’ll talk about how you can get involved with our offices, register for upcoming events throughout the spring semester, and we’ll have giveaways.

• 3 p.m. — 4 p.m.
  MCC - Stokes Hall
• The Ordering of Moses

  Nathan Zullinger, assistant professor of music and director of choral and vocal studies, will discuss the recent performance of The Ordering of Moses by the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chorale. The presentation will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the process from conception to performance, including how the Chorale developed new relationships through this performance and why so many deserving works have been overlooked for so long. You can view a video of the complete concert or jump directly to the Ordering of Moses performance. The chorale program provides additional notes on the concert.

Thursday January 19

• 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  Dining Center Foyer
• Meet Us in the DC

  Stop by the DC Foyer to meet Ahyana and Walter from the Student Diversity Equity and Inclusion team. We’ll talk about how you can get involved with our offices, register for upcoming events throughout the spring semester, and we’ll have giveaways.

• 11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  MCC - Stokes Hall
• Collaging and Evolving Identity: What Black Girl Magic Reveals About Developing Open and Flexible Perspectives as Tools in Liberation

  Kim Ashby, Ph.D. , will facilitate this workshop where attendees will consider the possibilities that can emerge when individuals and communities develop cognitive flexibility in regards to their personal stories and their understandings of reality. Using an intersectional lens that welcomes curiosity and questioning, attendees will explore the ways that holding on to old stories can do harm and reflect on how remaining open to new stories through the use of mindfulness, cultural humility, quality open-ended questioning, and active listening can support us to exist infinitely, to experience abundance, and to get free.

  By creating self-portraits through the medium of hand-cut collage, attendees will be invited to reflect on the personal stories or identities they have been embodying that may no longer serve them, as well as to open their minds to new personal stories or identities that may feel more fulfilling now. Attendees are asked to bring a photo of themselves (a disposable hard copy or paper print-out of a photo) to the workshop and will incorporate these photos as one of their collage materials for their self-portraits.

  Pizza will be provided.

• 4—6 p.m.
  The LCC, 5 College Circle
• Latinx Community Center (LCC) Open House

  Join LCC House residents for refreshments, conversation, connection, and fun as they share about the LCC House community. Come when you can and leave when you must.

• 6:30 p.m.
  VCAM Screening Room
• Film screening of Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

  Discussion, led by Sayeeda Rashid and Walter Hjelt Sullivan will follow the film.
  Brother Outsider has introduced millions of viewers around the world to the life and work of Bayard Rustin — a visionary strategist and activist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil rights movement. A disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The recipient of more than 25 awards and honors, Brother Outsider has been shown at The United Nations, The Kennedy Center, and for members of Congress, as well as at hundreds of schools, community forums, labor gatherings, faith organizations, and film festivals.

Friday January 20

• 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.
  Dining Center Foyer
• Meet Us in the DC

  Stop by the DC Foyer to meet Janice and Eric from the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. We’ll talk about how you can get involved with our offices, register for upcoming events throughout the spring semester, and we’ll have giveaways.

• 12 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
  DC Swarthmore Room
• MLK Week Closing Reflection

  Enjoy lunch as we hear from Terrance Wiley, assistant professor of religion and coordinator of African and Africana studies, and his thoughtful reflection about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and what it means to reclaim his narratives.

• 2 p.m. — 4 p.m.
  Virtual
• A Long Talk

  This free program, open to all students, staff, and faculty, is designed to activate your antiracism, and form connections with other members of the community virtually. Each program participant also has access to a continued series of virtual events and online resources afterwards. Please express interest in A Long Talk sessions spring 2023 and reach out to ewolff2 [at] haverford.edu (Elana Wolff) with any questions. Note: there is pre-work to read/watch/listen to before the first conversation session, which takes approximately 90 minutes.

• 4 p.m. — 6 p.m.
  HCA 15
• Quaker House Open House

  Join Quaker House residents for refreshments, conversation, connection, and fun as they share about the Quaker House community. Come when you can and leave when you must.

Saturday January 21

• 9 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.
  
• THRIVE Conference

  Our second annual THRIVE Conference at Haverford College. This year, the theme is: Reclaiming Our Stories.
  This is a free event, and lunch is provided.

  Register to Attend

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