Building a Compassionate Community 2023 MLK Celebration

2023 Celebration - Building a Compassionate Community
As we strive to recognize and emulate Dr. King’s legacy, our goal for the annual MLK Celebration is to honor and celebrate his life and work so that members of our community may:

- Be cognizant of and value his transformational politics and actions, the broader context of his leadership in the civil rights movement, and the ongoing power of this legacy;
- Be inspired and motivated to apply Dr. King’s philosophy and approach to our own lives and work; and
- Be called to address the causes and impact of social inequality and injustice—individually, locally, and globally.
- We invite you to join us and hope that that this year’s programming, inspired by Dr. King’s life and legacy, provides opportunities for learning, for reflection, and for hope.

Schedule:

Sat, January 14, 2023

9:00am - 4:00pm: HEALTH IN REVOLUTION - Geisel MLK Celebration

Location: Kellogg Auditorium

In commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, we will explore the role of health in revolution through the lens of the past, present, and future.

17th Annual MLK Health Equity Celebration 2023

To Join Virtually go to: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/6033392686 Meeting ID: 603 339 2686

09:00am: Continental Breakfast and Welcome

09:20am: Movie Screening and Discussion: “After Parkland”
Filmed in the days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people, this intimate chronicle weaves together interviews, vérité footage, and personal videos into a moving portrait of one community's crusade to turn tragedy into progress.
Discussion Facilitated by: Steve Chapman MD; Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Health

11:00am: Achieving Health Equity Through Advocacy
Presenter: Marie Ramas- President of the New Hampshire Academy of Family Physicians

Noon: Lunch Provided by Karibbean; Music Provided by DJ Sean

1:00pm: Doing Health Justice

Health and illness are not randomly distributed. Structures such as race and social class, racism and capitalism, and all of our social, political and economic institutions create and maintain health inequities. How do we eliminate the disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality in Black communities and among others who are hit hardest by systems of oppression? Centering health justice as a set of measurable actions offers promise.

Sirry Alang, PhD, Associate Professor, Black Communities and the Social Determinants of Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Education

2:00pm: Bridging the Gap: Increasing Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America

This discussion will focus on what are abortion funds and why they need to exist, the ways we've scaled up our services in the face of post-Roe America, an overview of the abortion access landscape, as a whole in New Hampshire, and what barriers for access still exist.

Josie Pinto; Founder and Executive Director of the Reproductive Freedom Fund of NH

3:00pm: Ethics and Disaster Medicine
Dr. Fernando will focus on Ethics in Disaster Medicine. He is currently working in Ukraine and will reference the various global locations he's worked in disasters and how the news and people only seem to focus on the white refugees vs. those of any other ethnicity with the Caucasian being a small segment of the 120 million refugees worldwide.Rajeev Fernando, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Chiraj Inc.

For More Information Visit: https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/dice/mlk/

The 2023 Geisel MLK Celebration is funded by Geisel’s Office of DICE, the Dartmouth College Office for IDE, and Alumni Relations

Sun, January 15, 2023

4:00pm - 6:00pm: Hop Film: Call Jane

Location: Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

This moving and surprisingly uplifting period piece about America's pre-sexual revolution past is also a stirring portrait of the birth of an unlikely abortion-rights activist.

Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are poised on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) leads an ordinary life with her husband and daughter. When Joy's pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition, she must navigate an all-male medical establishment unwilling to terminate her pregnancy in order to save her life.

Her journey for a solution leads her to Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), an independent visionary fiercely committed to women's health, and Gwen (Wunmi Mosaku), an activist who dreams of a day when all women will have access to abortion, regardless of their ability to pay. Joy is so inspired by their work, she decides to join forces with them, putting every aspect of her life on the line. Inspired by true events, Nagy's film captures the essence of late-1960s social change via one woman's quest to get a safe and legal abortion.  

Learn more and get tickets here.

Mon, January 16, 2023

8:30am - 10:00am: MLK Employee Celebration Breakfast

Location: Class of 1953 Commons North Dining Hall

Office of Human Resources is hosting a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Employee Celebration Breakfast. *Registration required - see full description for details.

The Office of Human Resources invites all staff and faculty to attend the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Employee Celebration Breakfast on Monday, January 16 from 8:30am - 10am in the North Dining Hall,Class of 1953 Commons. This year's event features a panel of staff and faculty speaking on the theme of "Building a Compassionate Community".

Space is limited - online registration is required and will close on 1/13/2023. Register at: http://dartgo.org/2023mlkbreakfast

6:00pm - 7:00pm: 30th Annual MLK Jr. Candlelight Vigil

Location: Meet in Front of Dartmouth Hall

Join Alpha Phi Alpha for the 30th annual MLK Jr. Candlelight Vigil. Meet at 6 p.m. in front of Dartmouth Hall and process to Shabazz Center for program and reception.

No Registration Required.

Open to the Public.

Tue, January 17, 2023

6:00pm - 7:30pm: Bending Towards Justice: Religious and Secular World Views

Location: Common Ground, Collis Center

The student speakers will discuss their understandings of and commitments to Justice, drawing on worldviews that inspire them, immediately followed by dinner and table discussions.

As part of the MLK Celebration calendar, the William Jewett Tucker Center and the Dartmouth Philosophy Society are happy to host the event "Bending Towards Justice: Religious and Secular World Views" on Jan. 17th, 6 -7:30pm in Collis Common Ground. Food will be catered from Boloco.

The student speakers- Mursal Ehsan '26, Sreeja Poduri 'GR, Jessica M. Chiriboga '24, Jordan B. Narral '25, Blake J. Whitmer '23, and Anthony W. Fosu '24- will discuss their understandings of and commitments to Justice, drawing on worldviews that inspire them. Dinner and table discussion will take place following the student panelists’ remarks.

Fri, January 20, 2023

12:30pm - 1:30pm: CONVERSATIONS AND CONNECTIONS "MLK and the Dartmouth Legacy"

Location: Dartmouth Hall 105

The unveiling of John Wilson’s bronze sculpture, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Join John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director of the Hood Museum of Art, and Professor Matthew Delmont, Frank J. Guarini Associate Dean of International Studies and Interdisciplinary Programs and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History, for the unveiling of John Wilson’s bronze sculpture, Martin Luther King, Jr., and a conversation about the legacy of MLK at Dartmouth College.

7:00pm - 9:00pm: Hop Film: Till

Location: Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

A profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till. Discussion follows.

Director Chinonye Chukwu (Clemency) travels back to the 1950s to tell the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the Chicago woman whose son, Emmett Till, was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi and whose body became an indelible image of the horrors of American racism. Employing a direct, unflinching, yet sensitive gaze, Chukwu has created the definitive drama of this woman's grief and resilience, and in an astonishing performance, Danielle Deadwyler captures both a mother's indescribable heartbreak and her inspiring ascension to the role of civil rights activist. Till is a momentous reminder of an ever-present tragedy, featuring painstaking production design, subtly expressive camera framing and composition, and a note-perfect supporting cast, including Sean Patrick Thomas, Jalyn Hall, Tosin Cole, John Douglas Thompson, Frankie Faison and Whoopi Goldberg.

Discussion follows with Deborah Watts, Emmett Till's cousin and co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, along with Dartmouth faculty and student leaders.

Programmed in conjunction with the campus Martin Luther King, Jr celebration.

Learn more and get tickets here.

Sat, January 21, 2023

7pm-9pm: Hop Film: She Said

Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan star as Pulitzer-winning journalists who exposed Hollywood mega-producer Harvey Weinstein's decades of sexual abuse and assault.

This tense, fraught and absorbing movie takes a story we thought we knew and gives it new, utterly gripping life. Two-time Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, An Education) and Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation. The women of this scandal and this movie about reporting it make a thoroughly engrossing account of how one of the touchstone stories of our time came to light, one door knocked-on, one tearful recollection at a time. Their story helped launch the #MeToo movement, shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture forever.

Programmed in conjunction with the campus Martin Luther King, Jr celebration.

Learn more and get tickets here.

Location: Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

Sun, January 22, 2023

4pm-6pm: Hop Film: Till

A profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till. Discussion follows.

Director Chinonye Chukwu (Clemency) travels back to the 1950s to tell the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the Chicago woman whose son, Emmett Till, was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi and whose body became an indelible image of the horrors of American racism. Employing a direct, unflinching, yet sensitive gaze, Chukwu has created the definitive drama of this woman's grief and resilience, and in an astonishing performance, Danielle Deadwyler captures both a mother's indescribable heartbreak and her inspiring ascension to the role of civil rights activist. Till is a momentous reminder of an ever-present tragedy, featuring painstaking production design, subtly expressive camera framing and composition, and a note-perfect supporting cast, including Sean Patrick Thomas, Jalyn Hall, Tosin Cole, John Douglas Thompson, Frankie Faison and Whoopi Goldberg.

Discussion follows with Deborah Watts, Emmett Till's cousin and co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, along with Dartmouth faculty and student leaders.

Programmed in conjunction with the campus Martin Luther King, Jr celebration.

Learn more and get tickets here.

Location: Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

Tue, January 24, 2023

5:30 PM - 6:45 PM: Student Conversation with Tarana Burke

'me too.' Movement founder and MLK Keynote speaker Tarana Burke joins Dartmouth students for conversation. Moderated by Shaonta' Allen. Registration required.

Activist, Author, and Founder of the 'me too.' Movement.

Open to Dartmouth students

Moderated by Dr. Shaonta' Allen

Sponsored by The Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth Library, William Jewett Tucker Center, Dartmouth Center for Social Impact, Shabazz Center for Intellectual Inquiry, and the Division of Institutional Diversity and Equity.

Registration Required

Location: Moore Hall B03

7:30 PM - 8:15 PM: Tarana Burke - MLK Keynote: Building a Compassionate Community

A fireside chat with the activist, author and founder of the 'me too.' Movement.

Best known for founding the 'me too.' Movement, Burke has dedicated her life to social justice work and giving strength to those who experienced sexual trauma or harrassment. In a fireside chat moderated by Dr. Shontay Delalue, Dartmouth's Senior Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer, Burke provides insight on working for a more compassionate world.

Register here to join us in person for the event in Filene Auditorium or to get a link to watch the live stream virtually.

There will also be an overflow simulcast of the event in Moore B03.

Location: Filene Auditorium, Moore Building

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM: Tarana Burke MLK Keynote Live Stream - Building a Compassionate Community

A live-streamed in-depth conversation with the activist, author and founder of the "me too." Movement.

Best known for founding the 'me too' Movement, Burke has dedicated her life to social justice work and giving strength to those who experienced sexual trauma or harrassment. In a fireside chat moderated by Dr. Shontay Delalue, Dartmouth's Senior Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer, Burke provides insight on working for a more compassionate world.

Register to join us for the livestream in Filene Auditorium or to get a link to watch at home.

This event is free, but tickets are required. Learn more and register here.

Location: Filene Auditorium, Moore Building

Wed, February 1, 2023

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM: Kings Return

Gorgeous new melodies grow from old-school a cappella roots.

Unbound by a single genre, the quartet’s sound is rooted in gospel, jazz, R&B and classical music. Their signature staircase performances (where they rehearse) catapulted them to internet fame, garnering almost 10 million views across all platforms.

The group is an inspiration for vocal music lovers, families, and the hundred-plus Dartmouth students that sing in a cappella groups across campus.

Part of Dartmouth College's MLK Celebration

Learn more and get tickets here

Location: Rollins Chapel

Fri, February 03, 2023

7:00pm - 9:30pm: Hop Film: Wakanda Forever

Director Ryan Coogler returns to bring us the highly-anticipated sequel to Black Panther, where Shuri must decide what kind of leader she will be.

After the tragic death of King T'Challa (and of Chadwick Boseman, whose powerful embodiment of the character was all too brief), Wakanda is a nation in mourning. Bereft of its vibranium-clad king, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) must fight to fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers–and a brilliant MIT student (Dominique Thorne) whose thesis project may unintentionally spell their doom.

The CIA (Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus) are one step behind them as they handle a new threat: a warrior with winged feet (Tenoch Huerta) from an underwater kingdom that rivals Wakanda in power and secrecy. But what path will Shuri help Wakanda forge–the one her brother would have chosen…or another?

Programmed in conjunction with the campus Martin Luther King, Jr celebration

Learn more and get tickets here.

Location: Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

Sat, February 04, 2023

7:00pm - 8:45pm: Hop Film: Bad Axe

A close-knit Asian Mexican American family in rural Michigan fights to keep their restaurant alive in the face of a pandemic and a community fractured by racism. Discussion follows

After leaving NYC for his rural hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan, at the start of the pandemic, Asian American filmmaker David Siev documents his family's struggles to keep their restaurant afloat. As fears of the virus grow, deep generational scars dating back to Cambodia's bloody "killing fields" come to the fore, straining the relationship between the family's patriarch, Chun, and his daughter, Jaclyn. When the BLM movement takes center stage in America, the family uses its collective voice to speak out in their conservative community. What unfolds is a real-time portrait of 2020 through the lens of one multicultural family's fight to stay in business, stay involved and stay alive.

Programmed in conjunction with the campus Martin Luther King, Jr celebration

Learn more and get tickets here.

Location: Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

Mon, February 13, 2023

1pm - 2pm: Critical Dialogues: Black Student Experiences

Join us for a dialogue about the experiences of Black students as we observe Black Legacy Month at Dartmouth.

The Critical Dialogues series provides a venue for faculty and staff to hear the perspectives of students from marginalized identity groups at Dartmouth. These moderated panels give participants the chance to reflect on issues of privilege, equity, and inclusion at Dartmouth while centering student voices.

Please register: https://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/10225065

This event is being held in person. If you are sick, please do not attend. If you cannot attend in person due to illness or disability, please email us at least 48 hours in advance at [email protected] to make alternate arrangements. While we cannot promise an equivalent remote experience, we are happy to accommodate. Thank you!

Location: DCAL (Baker Library 102)

Date: January 14 - February 13, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Hanover, NH 03755.

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