“Dream Fulfilled?!...A Day to Dream, A Lifetime to Act”

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November 24 - January 24 Pre-Celebration School Supply & Book Drive

Support the dream by donating school supplies and books to our local community!  School supplies will be donated to local schools in Jackson County while new and used books will be donated to the Friends of the Library in Sylva.

Collection sites are on campus in the Multicultural Center, Center for Service Learning, College of Education, Residential Living, Hunter Library and in the town of Sylva and Dillsboro too!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Part I
10am-4pm
Various Community Agencies

Join our campus community for “A Day On, Not a Day Off” as we volunteer our time to assist with Mountain Trace Nursing Center, Mountain Projects and Project FIRE!

Please register for the Day of Service through the Center for Service Learning with Katherine Graunke at kmgraunke1@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2592.

Movie & Discussion
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
7:00pm
University Center Theater

Five years in the making and the winner of more then 20 awards, Brother Outsider illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin, a gay African-American, a visionary activist and strategist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil right movement.

Screening followed by an Open Forum discussion led by Dr. Cheryl Joy Daly, Assistant Professor and Director of Master’s program in College Student Personnel, WCU.

“Dream Realized?!...A Discussion with a Purpose”
6:00pm
University Center Multipurpose Room

Join us for a lively campus discussion concerning “dreams” for our campus community.  We will review Dr. King’s legendary “I Have A Dream” speech and how it relates to our campus and today’s society.

“A Celebration of Dreams”
Chancellor’s Guest Speaker

Dr. Julianne Malveaux

7pm
University Center Grandroom

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is the 15th President of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, NC.  Recognized for her progressive and insightful observations, she is also an economist, author and commentator, and has been described by Dr. Cornel West as “the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country.”

A committed activist and civic leader, Dr. Malveaux has held positions in women’s, civil rights, and policy organizations.  Her popular writing has appeared in USA Today, Black Issues in Higher Education, Ms. Magazine, Essence Magazine, and the Progressive.  Dr. Malveaux has hosted television and radio programs, and appeared widely as a commentator, on networks including CNN, BET, PBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN and others.

“Creative Dreams: An Artistic Exploration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
6:00pm
University Center Theater

Join us for an evening of the arts as WCU’s very own Black Theater Ensemble will perform “The Meeting,” a play about a meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.  Essay contest winners from WCU and local middle and high schools will share their prize winning papers, and student art will be displayed throughout the University Center.

“An Evening of Spoken Dreams”
8:00pm
University Center Illusions

What are your dreams about equality and eradicating injustices? Have they been fulfilled? Please share your creative and artistic interpretations and creations, recite a piece that speaks to your heart and spirit, and enjoy a tribute to Dr. King through words, pictorial and musical representations of the Civil Right’s Movement. Come see the Special Guest Poet!!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Part II
8am-4pm
Asheville, NC

College students from Western Carolina University, Mars Hills College and Warren Wilson College will work together in service to meet the needs of youth focused agencies.  Some of the volunteer opportunities include volunteering with Creative Communications Youth and Family Services, Habitat for Humanity and Youth Empowered Solutions.

Please register for the Day of Service through the Center for Service Learning with Katherine Graunke at kmgraunke1@email.wcu.edu or 828-227-2592.

*All events are open to the public and free unless otherwise noted.

*Events are sponsored by the 2009 MLK, Jr. Planning Committee, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Office of the Chancellor, Center for Service Learning, Residential Student Association, Organization of Ebony Students, Safe Zone Program, and the Student Government Association.

*Please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 828-227-2276 for additional information.