Events

"A Celebration of the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: An Interfaith Service"

Featured Speaker: Royceann Porter, AmeriCorps Member and Co-Coordinator of Family-to-Family Partnership
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Coralville United Methodist Church, 806 13th Ave., Coralville, IA
Audience: All are welcome!
Contact: Dorothy Whiston, (319) 321-7920, dwhiston@mchsi.com
Sponsor:The Consultation of Relgious Communities of Johnson County

Unity March

Date: Monday, January 16, 2012
Time: 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Old Capitol Museum, East Entrance (facing Clinton St.)

“Time to Remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

Featured Speaker: The Honorable Judge Romonda D. Belcher
Date: Monday, January 16, 2012
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Old Capitol Museum, Senate Chambers
- Reception to follow in Museum Lobby

UI Health Care Scarf and Mitten Tree

Dates: Monday, January 16, 2012 through Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Time: All Day
Location: Main Lobby (Elevator E, Level 1), UI Hospitals and Clinics
Audience: All
Contact: UIHC Volunteer Service, (319) 356-2515

UI Health Care Book and Movie Drive Benefitting the Patients' Library in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dates: Sunday, January 1 2012 through Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Time: During Regular Business Hours
Location: Volunteer Services Office and Patients' Library (Elevator F, Level 8), Main Lobby (Elevator E, Level 1), Wild Rose Books, UI Hospitals and Clinics
Audience: Open to All
Contact: UIHC Volunteer Service, (319) 356-2515

"Hispanic Cultural Awareness for the Oral Health Professional"

Featured Speaker: Sarita Arteaga, DMD, MAGD, Former President of the Hispanic Dental Association
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Galagan Auditorium 14B in the Dental Science Building
Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students
Contact: Elaine Brown
Sponsor: College of Dentistry

“Drumming For Justice MLK Celebration”

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: 2^nd Floor Ballroom, 243 Iowa Memorial Union

“Transcending Governments and Media: Dialogue with Iranian People”

Featured Speaker: Atekeh Sadat Mousavi Rad
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room A
Audience: All are welcome
Contact: (319) 621-7008, atekehsadat-mousavirad@uiowa.edu
Sponsor: Social Work Student Association and Graduate Social Work Student Association

2012 UI Health Care Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture: "Life in the Next America, Immigration, Demographics, and the Changing Face of America

Featured Speaker: Broadcast Journalist Ray Suarez
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Reception & Book Signing to follow 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Prem Sahai Auditorium 1110 Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF)
Audience: All are welcome
Contact: 1-877-MED-IOWA
Sponsor: UI Health Care

"Miss/Representation" Documentary Screening and Discussion

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Northwestern Room, 347 Iowa Memorial Union
Audience: All are welcome
Contact: Women's Resource Action Center (WRAC), (319) 335-1486, wrac@uiowa.edu
Sponsor: Iowa N.E.W. Leadership and Diversity Dialogue Program

Miss/Representation exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.

“Community of Color”

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Van Oel Multipurpose Room, Currier Hall
Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff, and Community Members
Contact: Center for Diversity and Enrichment (319) 335-3555, cde@uiowa.edu; RSVP by January 16
Sponsor: Center for Diversity and Enrichment

2012 UI Health Care Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blood Drive

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Time: 10:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Pappajohn Pavilion (Elevator 1, Level 1), UI Hospital and Clinics
Audience: Open to all
Contact: UI DeGowin Blood Center, (319) 356-2058
Sponsor: UI Health Care

"On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Triple Evils: Poverty, Racism, and Militarism"

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture, featuring Professor Juan Gatica, Department of Mathematics,
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012
Time: Reception, 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm, lecture immediately to follow from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: 1505 Seamens Center
Audience: All are welcome
Sponsor: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Math Graduate Board, College of Engineering, Department of Biostatistics (College of Public Health), and Program in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Precious Knowledge Film Screening

Date: Monday, January 23, 2012
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Bijou Cinema, Iowa Memorial Union
Audience: General Public
Contact: Gabriela Rivera, (319) 335-3555, gabriela-rivera@uiowa.edi
Sponsor: University of Iowa Latino Council and Center for Student Involvement and Leadership (CSIL)

At the River I Stand Film Screening

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Time: 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Illinois Room, Iowa Memorial Union
Audience: General Public
Contact: Sarah Clark, (319) 335-4144
Sponsor: University of Iowa Labor Center

Movie Brief: At the River I Stand dramatically captures the heroism of 1968 striking African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. It also documents what tragically turned out to be Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days of marchng and speaking in solidarity with Memphis workers.

The Heart of the Drum: "Enter" Cultural Respect

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: 3rd Floor Atrium, Gilmore Hall
Audience: University of Iowa Community
Sponsor: Office of Graduate Ethnic Inclusion, Graduate College

This event will be a panel adjustment with Rev. Dr. Samuel Massey and Father Rudy Juarez regarding acquiring and possessing the "heart" for cultural respect and social justice issues. Questions will be allowed from the audience. Light snacks will begin at noon.

LGBT Community and Allies Welcome

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: LGBT Resource Center, 125 Grand Avenue Court, Iowa City, IA
Audience: LGBT Community, LGBT Allies, Health Sciences Community
Contact: Janet Niebuhr, Carver College of Medicine Office of Cultural Affairs and Diversity Inititiatives, (319) 384-2952, janet-niebuhr@uiowa.edu
Sponsor: Carver College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, College of Public Health

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Research Symposium

Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: N300 Lindquist Center (Jones Commons)
Audience: General Public
Contact: Marcus Alt, education-diversity@uiowa.edu
Sponsor: College of Education Diversity Committee

Timbetold Concert

Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Main Ballroom, Iowa Memorial Union
Audience: University of Iowa Community
Sponsor: Asian American Coalition (AAC), Campus Activities Board (CAB), Asian Pacific American Cultural Center (APACC), and Center for Student Involvement and Leadership (CSIL)

Day of Service

This year, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, we will focus on the areas of hunger and homelessness that affect the Iowa City and Coralville communities. We ask that when you go home for the holidays, please consider returning with a "gift." Read more...

Opening Events

We invite you to join us for the Unity March and Featured Speaker on Monday, January 16, 2012 beginning at the East Entrance of the Old Capitol Museum.

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