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Page 26 The Skanner January 10, 2018 Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Briefs cont’d from pg 25 local community leaders from a broad array of back- grounds and areas of expertise. The celebration begins at 11 a.m., with doors open- ing at 10 a.m., Jan. 15, 2018, in the Greater Tacoma Con- vention Center, at 1500 Com- merce St. Attendees are en- couraged to bring donations of nonperishable food items for the MLK Food Drive. The drive is especially in need of peanut butter and pop-top canned meat donations. The Race and Pedagogy In- stitute and its Community Dexter Gordon Partners Forum aim to edu- cate students and teachers at all levels to think crit- ically about race, and to work toward transforming society and eliminating racism. It will hold its 2018 Race & Pedagogy National Conference on campus Sept. 27–29. For more information about the celebration and the nomination process visit: cityoftacoma.org/mlk, email mlk@cityoftacoma.org, or call (253) 573-2523. WSU Vancouver Hosts Jan. 15 Lecture on King’s Legacy The public is invited to Washington State Universi- ty Vancouver on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to par- ticipate in “Reclaiming Our King: The Radical Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.” The event will take place from noon -- 2 p.m. Jan. 15 in the Firstenburg Student Commons. This free event includes lunch. Guests will be invited to participate in a communi- ty reading of King’s anti-imperialist speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” delivered April 4, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. A member from Anakbayan Portland will present about the organization’s “Take Back our Education” platform and Black/Filipino solidarity. Anakbayan Portland aims to unite Filipino youth of all back- grounds to achieve genuine freedom and democracy in the Philippines. The event will conclude with a keynote address, “Kent Ford, Elder Street Fightin’ Statesman.” Ford is a founding member of the Portland Chapter of the Black Panther Party — Portland Panthers. In 1969 he and other Portland Panthers helped organize a free breakfast program at the Highland Community Church of Christ that fed up to 125 children and the Fred Hampton Memorial People’s Health Clinic that extended free medical care five evenings a week. Bellevue Hosts Crossroads Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Health Fair The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Health Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Crossroads Shopping Center, 15600 NE 8th Street, Bellevue. This popular event offers inspiring talks by guest speakers and community leaders, live entertainment and performances which honor Dr. King’s work. Vis- itors will also have the opportunity to donate blood, receive free health screenings and explore a variety of health-related community resources at the concur- rent MLK Health Fair. This event is sponsored by the Bellevue Alumni Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Crossroads Bellevue, and The City of Bellev- ue. For additional information or accommodation requests, contact Mark Manuel at 425-452-7886 or mmanuel@bellevuewa.gov Communication Access Real Time Transcription (CART) will be provided. Eddie Moore Speaks at Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at University of Puget Sound Jan. 16 Eddie Moore, Jr, national educator on diversity, founder of the White Privilege Conference, and co-editor of books including Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Justice: 15 Stories, will speak at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at University of Puget Sound. The event will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 16 in Kilworth Memorial Chapel. Moore will give a talk titled “Dr. Martin Luther King: Why Keep Dream- ing?” He will address King’s inspiring words, “We cannot turn back,” and discuss King’s view that we cannot rest while injustice and inequality permeate the country. The evening will include short remarks from Uni- versity of Puget Sound President Isiaah Crawford, Black Student Union President Nia Henderson ’20, and student body president Amanda Díaz ’18. The Keep Living the Dream Award, honoring campus members who embody King’s legacy, will be awarded. Eddie Moore knows well what it is like to be in the hot seat as America simmers in a political culture of seemingly irreconcilable factions. The White Privi- lege Conference that he created 18 years ago in order to create “a space for tough conversations” has drawn national attention. But it also has been attacked on so- cial media and in the press by critics on several sides of the diversity issue. So when Moore asks for “cour- age” from those who want to support efforts to fight racism, he knows the magnitude of the request he is making. The scholar and activist speaks openly about his fears for the future, stemming from the actions of those em- bracing white nationalism and defending hate speech as free speech. He told racial justice writer Debby Irving that he expects increasing disparities in the decade ahead. Eddie Moore Eddie Moore is a highly re- garded speaker and educator, and the founder and program director of the White Privilege Conference, which aims to move people beyond dialogue and into action on issues of diversity, power, privilege, and leadership. He is co-founder of the journal Under- standing and Dismantling Privilege, and co-editor See BRIEFS on page 27
