January 16th

7:00am - 8th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast, Charlotte Westin, 601 South College Street

7:30am - Annual MLK Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Scheduled for January 16 First Baptist Church located at 481 Hood Center Drive in Rock Hill

Davidson

“King Day for Kids”
9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Alvarez College Union Atrium
King Day for Kids combines three areas of focus: literacy, social justice, and community involvement. Area youth (kindergarten through sixth grade) will take part in small group readings, storytelling and arts and crafts. At the end of the day children receive literacy-based goody bags filled with books. Please register via e-mail assherrill@davidson.edu<mailto:assherrill@davidson.edu> or by calling 704-894-2423.

“Dr. Martin Luther King Day Lecture”
11:30 a.m. in the Alvarez College Union Smith 900 Room
Derald Wing Sue, professor of psychology and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College and School of Social Work, will speak about “Manifestations and Impact of Microaggressions.”
Derald Wing Sue is a pioneer in the fields of multicultural psychology, multicultural education, multicultural counseling, and psychology of racism and antiracism. He has written more than 150 publications, addressed President Clinton’s Race Advisory Board on National Dialogue on Race, and participated in a Congressional briefing on the psychology of racism and myth of the color-blind society.

“Romare Bearden on Art and Activism”
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the Alvarez College Union Room 302
DavidsonCollege Professor of Anthropology Nancy Fairley will examine ideas about artistic expression by this Charlotte native and influential 20th centuryartist. Bearden was asked to contribute to the Civil Rights Movement by creating protest art, but Bearden refused. Instead, Bearden established “Spiral,” an artist collective which explored the relationship between art and political activism.

“Asian American College Students: Interrogating the Model Minority Myth”
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the Alvarez College Union Room 313
Tae-Sun Kim, Davidson’s director of multicultural affairs, will demystify common myths about Asian American college students. She will discuss stereotypes about Asian American academic exceptionalism, and raise awareness about under-reported,serious struggles that Asian American communities face.

“Always Part of the Fabric”
3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the Alvarez College Union Smith 900 Room
College Archivist Jan Blodgett will examine the history of African-American contributions to Davidson College. Based on documents from the college archives, she willtrace the roles and the ways African-Americans helped shape the college from the construction of the first campus building through integration and into the 21st century.

“Beloved Community-Building & Environmental Justice”
3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the Alvarez College Union Room 313
Current Davidson student James Tolleson ‘13 and recent graduate Allison Dulin ’10, an employee of the college sustainability office, will discuss King’s legacy in today’s environmental justice movement. After the passage of the Civil Rights Act, King believed the civil rights movement needed to move beyond protest tactics. He called for a revolution of values to address “the giant triplets of racism, militarism, and materialism.” Those triplets still plague us, but the growing movement to become better stewards of the Earth can serve as a model for achieving King’s dreams.