RESCHEDULED: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lecture with Precious Davis
FROM: MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER
Due to the inclement weather and college closure today, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lecture with Precious Davis has been rescheduled. The event will be on Wednesday, January 18 at 6:00 PM in Eliot Hall Chapel.
We hope you can join us in honoring the legacy of Dr. King and learning from social justice educator and community leader, Precious Davis.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lecture with Precious DavisWednesday, January 186:00-7:00 PM, Eliot chapelJoin Reed students, faculty, staff, and community members in honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with our annual week of service, learning, and action.
Our keynote speaker this year is Precious Davis. Precious Davis is lauded nationally as an award-winning diversity professional, social justice facilitator, and educator. Davis finds deep meaning in engaging individuals in conversations surrounding bias, bigotry, and prejudice in their communities on the basis and belief that humans can coexist with one another positively through the embracing of each other’s differences and the celebrating of each other's human diversity.
Precious will be giving a lecture titled "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Now more than ever we must devise new structures, mantras, and modes of being in order to topple patriarchy and white supremacy while forming a resounding response to anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Through audacious authenticity, each and every one of us has the power to reach those within our sphere of influence. Precious challenges us all to examine our internalized bias regarding ability, faith, class, sexual orientation, race and appearance in order to create critical intersectional dialogue, positive self-awareness, and the fostering of true solidarity.
http://www.preciousdavis.com/
This event is sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center and Office for Inclusive Community.
Additional event details: http://events.reed.edu/event/precious_davis_injustice_anywhere_is_a_threat_to_justice_everywhere#.WH5cpWQrIy4
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1369317549799528/
For more information, contact Dayspring Mattole.
Submitted by Amanda Heaton.
Posted on Jan 17, 2017