Schedule of Events
Rally for Justice
Tuesday, January 23, 4:30 p.m.
Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola
Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner
Wednesday, January 24, 5 p.m.
Barone Campus Center, Oak Room
Presentations of this year’s Vision Awards to three members of the University community will be made at the Convocation. Winners of the essay contest for middle-schoolers will also be recognized.
(The contest is co-sponsored by the Connecticut Post.)
The Fierce Urgency of Now: MLK's Vision for the 21st Century
Yohuru Williams, PhD
Wednesday, January 24, 7 p.m.
Barone Campus Center, Dogwoods
Dr. Yohuru Williams, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University will speak. An expert on African American History, Twentieth Century United States History and Social Studies pedagogy, Dr. Williams is the author and editor of several books including Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights Black Power and Black Panthers in New Haven (Blackwell, 2006), Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement (Routledge, 2015) and Teaching beyond the Textbook: Six Investigative Strategies (Corwin Press, 2008). He recently co-edited the book The Black Panthers: Portraits of an Unfinished Revolution (Nation Books, 2016) that has received critical acclaim from The New York Times and The Washington Post. He has also appeared as a media expert on many local and national programs including Al Jazeera America, Ebru TV, Fox Business, C-SPAN and NPR, to name a few.
Day of Service: Read A Loud Day at Bryant School
Thursday, January 25
Youth Leadership Academy
Friday, January 26, 9:30 a.m.
Barone Campus Center, Oak Room
Marshall Film Screening
Friday, January 26, 10 p.m.
Gonzaga Auditorium
Day of Service: Thomas Merton Center Food Pantry
Saturday, January 27, All Day
Thomas Merton Center Food Pantry
Gospel Mass
Sunday, January 28, 7 p.m.
Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola
CARE Team Dialogue: “The Modern Day Civil Rights Movement
Monday, January 29, 7 p.m.
Barone Campus Center 200
Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation
Open VISIONS Forum
Freedom: Seeking Justice in America
An Evening with Dr. Angela Davis
Thursday, February 1, 8 p.m.
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
Dr. Angela Davis
As one of the most iconic faces of black politics and social activism beginning in the 1960s, she gained international recognition in combating all forms of oppression. Her work as an educator, author, human
rights activist, and public intellectual articulates a vision of building communities for economic, racial, and gender equality. She has worked tirelessly creating alliances across racial lines and confronting institutional injustices of the “prison
industrial complex.” She will share with us her journey after being placed on the FBI’s ‘Ten Most Wanted List’ for a crime she did not commit connected to the Soledad Prison Three. After serving 18 months in jail and on trial, she conducted extensive
research on the interplay of race, gender, and imprisonment. Her testimony will inspire our University community towards making our nation and world more aware of the long struggle—past, present, and future—ensuring that freedom results in democratic
institutions founded on social justice.
$35 | $5 Fairfield University Students. QCA Member Price: $27. Purchase tickets at quickcenter.fairfield.edu.
