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PSU Hosts Week o f Service Days
NPR Journalist to give keynote
O n M artin L u th er K ing Jr.
D ay, m any folks have com e to
enjoy a day off, but not if P o rt­
land S tate U niversity has an y ­
thing to d o w ith it.
T he co lleg e w ill m ark the
M onday, Jan. 17 holiday w ith a
day on rath e r than a day off,
kicking o ff a series o f public
service events w hich will m ark
a w eek lo n g series th em ed ,
“F osterin g U nity in a C ultural
D ivid e" to celeb rate, rem em ­
ber, inform , and inspire the life
and legacy o f the great Dr.
M artin L uther Ki ng Jr.
T he w eek w ill also be high-
1 ighted by a keynote address by
M ichele N orris, host o f N P R 's
All T h in g s con sid ered , au th o r
Sisters T alking,” is an open dis­
cussion on issues facing the A f­
rican A m erican com m unities o f
PSU and the g reater P ortland
m etro p o litan area, sponsored
by A lpha Phi A lpha and A lpha
K a p p a A lp h a . L a te r th a t
ev en in g , from 6 p.m . to 8 p.m .
will be the screening o f the docu­
mentary: ‘ ‘Living with Pride: Ruth
EllisatlOO.”
N PR , N orris w as a co rresp o n ­
dent for A B C N ew s and has
reported for national m edia out­
lets like the W ashington Post
and Los A ngeles T im es. T he
cerem ony will take place in the
Smith M emorial ballroom. The
W oodlaw n Elem entary School
D ancers and H ighland C hoir
will perform . A dm ission is $ 10
for the general public and free
to students.
O n F rid a y , Jan . 21, fro m
n o o n to 2 p .m ., th e
M ulticultural C en ter w ill host
the d o c u m e n ta ry : D are N ot
W alk A lo n e, a film th at has
tio n s an d fu tu re h o p es. A d ­
m ission is free
L ater F riday at 6 p.m ., “ In
the Mix: Student Performances“
re c e iv e d n a tio n a l a c c la im as w ill profile and show case the
“a triu m p h o f c o u ra g e and hidden o r unknow n talents o f
e m p a th y ” an d the “g re a te st PSU students in the perform ing
civil rights story never told.” A arts. Social ju stic e m essag in g
p ow erful cap tu re o f turbulent will punctuate the array o f spo­
tim es in A m erican history, this ken w ord deliveries, m usical
d o c u m e n ta ry p la c e s th e h e ­ renditions, sm all street theater
roic stru g g le for civil rights in dance, and songs in the key o f
the c o n te x t o f c u rre n t c o n d i­ life.
S p o n so re d by the Q u eer
R esource C enter, the free p re­
sentation continues the tradition
o f s p o tlig h tin g s to r ie s o f
m arg in alized A m erican s w ho
passionately contributed to the
successofthecivil rights m ove­
ment in thought and deed.” Ruth
Ellis discovered her lesbian self
Michele Norris, host o f NPR’s All Things Considered.
o f T he G race o f S ilence and
2009 B lack Jo u rn alist o f the
Year.
O n M onday, Jan. 17, from
noon to 1:30 p.m ., PSU S tu ­
dent L ead ers fo r S ervice will
host a free event w ith a plethora
o f com m unity service projects
p erfo rm ed by PSU and o th er
m etro area co lleg e students,
meeting first at the Portland State
Multicultural Center in the Smith
M em orial Student Union.
O n T u esd ay , Jan. 18, from
noon to 1:30 pm , “College A th­
letics; M inority P articipation,
M a r k e tin g S y m b o ls a n d
N C A A G o v ern an c e,” a free
forum fo cusing on the so cio ­
eco n o m ics o f m o d em college
sports, its im p act on race and
com m unity relations, is held in
the M ulticultural Center.
O n W ed n esd ay , Jan. 19,
from noon to 1:30 p.m ., also at
the M ulticultural Center, “C on­
versation C ircle: B rothers and
in 1919 and w as an in sp ira­
tio n a l fig u re fo r b o th the
w om en's and ci vil rights m ove­
ments.
O n T h u rsd ay , Jan. 20, from
n o o n to 1:30 p .m . in the
M ulticultural Center, there will
be in in teractiv e session b e ­
tw een stu d en ts on R ace and
M edia M atters. T he event will
tackle the thorny issue o f racial
disparities and depictions in both
the old and new m edia.
L ater T h u rsd ay night, stu ­
dents and the public are invited
to jo in a stellar panel o f m edia
experts including O regon P ub­
lic Broadcasting President Steve
Bass and K PT V reporter T ony
M artinez fora lively discussion.
T he ev en t from 7 p.m . to 9
p.m . w ill feature a keynote a d ­
dress from M ichele N orris o f
National Public Radio and host
o f the newsm agazine All Things
Considered.
Before hercurrent tenure with
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