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Tuesday, January 15, 1991
Oregon Daily Emerald
Advertising Supplement
Man of peace celebrated during week
As global conflict mounts
and the possibility of war
becomes more real, this
week should be a time to join the
University and local community in
celebrating the life of a
man who advocated
peace, harmony and di
versity.
Beginning today, the
Rev. Martin Luther King,
Jr. will be honored with a
week of activities center
ing on King’s life and
teachings.
King stressed accept
ance of racial equality,
non-violence and civil
rights to his followers dur
ing his career as a minis
ter. His efforts to create a
more comfortable, diverse
world are mirrored by the
diversity of events sched
uled throughout the
week.
The celebration begins
on King’s birthday, start
ing at ntx>n with a tradi
tional birthday cake, bev
erages and music in the
EMU Main Lobby.
There are calendars of
events posted in the EMU
Main Lobby, by the stairs
leading up to the Ball
room. Calendars lists the
events for Eugene and
Springfield as well.
Alongside the calendars .ire bins
set up for a food drive for the home
less. The ftxxl drive will last until the
end of the celebration and is spon
sored by Food for Lane County.
“Dr. King fought for the homeless
and hungry during his life,’ said
Frank Geltner, chairman of MLKCC
and associate director of the EMI .
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Bruce Smith from the Northwest Afrikan Bullet Company
will honor Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of the University’s
seven-day schedule of events.
“The food drive is community
wide...but it is limited to the Univer
sity community for the celebration."
The week of celebration is
scattered with an assortment
of plays, workshops, speech
es and marches. Several films and
videos will serve as main features or
add to the agenda of an
other event.
"There is a wide varie
ty of events for the week,"
(ieltner said. "But, when
you consider the diversity
of activities on the cam
pus for any one week, this
i' not muth.”
Some of the activities
include a candlelight vigil
on Tuesday by the Black
Student Union. The vigil
will start at Johnson Hall
and lead around the cor
ner to Gerlinger Hall
where two folk guitars
will entertain the crowd.
Sister, ('an I Speak
For You, a play depicting
black women’s history,
will be shown on Thurs
day in the EMU Ball
room. The African Amer
ican Drama Company of
San Francisco, Calif, will
present the production. A
panel discussion and fo
rum will follow, entitled
"SjH'ak for Yourself: Rac •
ism in the Northwest."
For those who like to
get physically involved in
their celebrating, an Afri
can 1 >ance i lass and I demonstration
will he held on Saturday, taught hy
Turn to EVENTS, Piny dB
Labors launch
King’s holiday
On May 10, 1990,
President Myles
Brand declared Mar
tin Luther King, Jr. Hay a Uni
versity holiday and a "recess
from regular activities."
At the same time, Brand ap
pointed Frank Cieltner as
chairman of the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Celebration Commit
tee.
The committee worked for
the next eight months plan
ning dozens of activities for the
week-long celebration from
Jan. IS (King's actual birthday)
to the Jan. 21 holiday.
“It’s caught people off
guard,” says Cieltner referring
to how students and faculty re
acted to the decision. "The
whole celebration hinges on
the holiday."
The MLKCC lias fo
cused on the Universi
ty community and
what students would like to be
involved with.
The committee, consisting of
Cieltner, an associate director
of tlu- LMU, Karen Cheong
and student volunteers, fol
lowed a theme in their work.
They would like “to rededu ate
commitment to civil rights, cul
tural diversity, racial equality
[urn tn MLKCC, fH
UO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS*
AFRICAN MOTHER
“SISTER,
CAN I SPEAK FOR YOU”
Followed by forum
“Speak for yourself:
Racism in the Northwest”
7:30 p.m. EMU Ballroom
Thursday, Jan. 17, FREE
BALAFON MARIMBA
ENSEMBLE
EMI1 Ballroom
Saturday, Jan. 19
Tickets at EMU Main Desk
‘(Pick up a brochure, which includes a registration form for the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Conference, in the Student Activities Resource Office, EMU Suite 2,
346-4000.]
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ATTALLAH SHABAZZ
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Conference
Monday, fan. 21
10 am. -5 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO All
($6.00 lunch optional)
"So lie can
live forever.
I et iis not despair. .
The universe is *
with us. Work '
together, children.
Don't get weary.'