Poet Giovanni to speak Monday
j "Princess of Black
Poetry" featured as
keynote speaker for
King celebration week
By Karen Engels
i •’ • •'a ! Reporter
Nikki Ciovunni. who has
been called the "blat k purl lau
reate lur women and sensitive
stabs e\ ervwhere," said she U;
licvi-s in the poii nti.il ol human
brings
Giovanni. keynote speaker
for Ilm Martin Luther King |r
Celebration Week, is the .mlhur
. f n.orr lli,in ! " books of poi-lrv
and .'ss.is Also long known .is
liir 1‘nnccss of film k 1’orlrv,"
sin1 has been willing books for
.’.I W ars Shi' will speak ill '>
a m Monti.i\. Ian -If), m the
I,Ml Ballroom
"Pin really proud of the 4l)
slab's that ret ogm/e Martin 1 -a
ther King I)a\('.iovaniii sard,
when asked ahotil her un(live
in,-lit in this celebration week
Ari/ona is tlie onl\ stall' that
doesn't recognize the dav as an
of lit i.i I bobdaA
f \ iov a n ii i ’ s busy speaking
soiledule during her Kugene
slav inc lades visits to eleinen
larv schools. senior (enters,
l ane (aariniullilv Golioge and a
trip up to ()teg! 'll State t'mver
sdy
Giovanni said her message
doesn't v an, in tit h. is ell w ith
r
hot audiences varying ages
She said she talks about the
i hullenges of the future arid
how w e get along with each
other We ran all do better
she salt!
When asked what strategies
she offers her listeners on how
to .change, the world, C.iovanm
slid. I don't offer strategies
I rti not a politic ian I try to ol
fer hope "
Wi diiesdav. mans admirers
stopped In her book signing ,n
the University llookstore They
i ante lo Inis her books get
the in autographed- and .'!• tha ’ i k
tier for her inspiration both in
11. r ss riling and speaking
Si s important lo trs in make
itie world a little better. said a
lin'd, set animated (h.iy.innt as
sin' signed books
(viov.tnn: cites- maior prob
leins ss iili the United States, in
r hiding health i .ire housing
and unemployment, but added,
C.eorgf Ifusl. is a big prob
!e in
it she loll Id name a sc: olid
biggest problem, she would
add ( ongress ' she said, sin11
dig
(bosanni is an l.ngllsb pro
tes>.. r ai Virgini.i 1’olvtei hnk
Institute and State University
She was named Woman of the
Year h\ \/././e;rio/se//e maga
/me and l.inlin.s Horne Inurn.il
n; the early t't'tK and was hon
ored in I'tHH when the National
best i v .il of filar k Storytelling
Nikki Giovanni
;n ;! i.iti'd in award fur young
\ It . a: \mrni an sUirvli'lli'p.
in lift n.rinr .11 > unimg to .1
jirrv. raleasr
(liuvanm w ill dsn giv .1 |><>
rlrv Trading Saturday for .ill
.igrs .it Whttrakrr Klrnlrntun
SilitHil. ! \ (.randSt from I
to n p m and .1 jUH'frv rrading
and (tlnVrrs itiiin Sunday at tin'
Willamalanr Si-nior t Vntrr, I '1
Ui sti Springiudd from !in
to ^ 1()
Her books mi ludr 1 I'imUii
lliju.ilmn I hr 11.1/inTi and f/ir
\fiTl. and S.k rc<i I 1 'U s and
Olhrr luhhlt's
Sill- lias iinolhi'r lunik dun out
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Baha’i Campus Club
"Vision of Race Unity"
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Movie Discussion
UO Residence Halls
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18-19
Weekend
Poetry Reading by Nikki Giovanni
Saturday 4 6pm
Whiteaker School
Into Debra Braden 689-0 780
Baha'i HONEY
Unity Celebration
Saturday 6 11pm
Whiteaker Community School
Into Debra Braden 687 0780
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Gospei Chorale Rev Beckham
Bertice Berry/Comedienne
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M.L.K. Holiday
Opening M 1 K Jr Conference
Keynote Speaker Nikki Giovanni
9am £ MU Ballroom
The Crvil Rights Movement
A Dream or A Nightmare9
Panel Discussion
11 1b 1? 30 E MU Ballroom
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2 5 UO/SEHS to Eugene Hilton
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