To submit events to our online directory, E-mail homepgs@indiana.edu." IU Home Pages" will resume newsprint and online publication with the Friday, Jan. 14, edition. Below are activities planned on the campuses for both MLK Jr. Day and related Black History Month events in February.)

IU Bloomington

Curry

• Syndicated columnist George Curry, editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and of BlackPressUSA.com. will speak at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, in Whittenberger Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union. Frank Motley, associate vice chancellor of the Office for Academic Support, will introduce Curry, and IU President Adam W. Herbert will deliver welcoming remarks.
Curry's column is distributed by NNPA to more than 200 African-American newspapers each week. His work at NNPA has ranged from being inside the Supreme Court during the University of Michigan affirmative action cases to traveling to Doha, Qatar, to report on the U.S. war with Iraq. In Doha, he was seen by billions of television viewers around the world, the lone African American among more than 300 reporters at the daily news briefing. While in the Persian Gulf, Curry obtained the first exclusive interview with Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks after the fall of Baghdad.

Prior to joining NNPA, Curry was editor-in-chief of Emerge. He is past president of the American Society of Magazine Editors, the first African American to hold the association's top office. He also was New York bureau chief and a Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and was a reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Sports Illustrated.
He is the author of Jake Gaither: America's Most Famous Black Coach (Mead, 1977), editor with Cornel West of The Affirmative Action Debate (Addison Wesley, 1996) and editor of The Best of Emerge Magazine (Ballantine, 2003). He is the editor of an anthology to be published in early fall tentatively titled, Fit to Print? Jayson Blair, the New York Times and Twenty-First Century Journalism. Curry also contributed to Walter Mosley's anthology, Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems (W.W. Norton, 2000).

Other events centered around King Day include the following:
• Civil rights activist and award-winning author Constance Curry will be the featured speaker at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission's annual celebration on Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave., in downtown Bloomington. The community celebration also will feature music by the IU African American Choral Ensemble and David Baker, Distinguished Professor of Music and director of jazz studies in the IU School of Music.
Constance Curry (no relation to George Curry) worked between 1965 and 1974 to desegregate Mississippi schools and to increase voter registration among black Mississippians through her role as a field representative for the American Friends Service Committee. She was director of human services for the City of Atlanta from 1975-90.

Since her retirement, she has produced a documentary film, The Intolerable Burden, and four books: The Fire Ever Burning (University Press of Mississippi, 2000), Mississippi Harmony: Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter (Palgrave MacMillan, 2004), Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement (University of Georgia Press, 2002) and Silver Rights (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995), for which she won the Lillian Smith Award for nonfiction.

• "A Day On, Not a Day Off," a massive volunteer effort organized in cooperation with a number of nonprofit agencies, IU and the City of Bloomington, will be held all day on Jan. 17.

• Bloomington students will take a trip on Jan. 15-16 to the National Civil Rights Museum, housed in the motel where King was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.

• The IU School of Education's second annual King Activity Day with Children, sponsored by the Dean's Advisory Council, will be Jan. 17 in the School of Education Atrium. Approximately 60 elementary-age students from the Banneker Center and Girls Inc. will participate in a variety of educational activities throughout the day including math, art and music activities. Additional activities will involve the Puck Players Puppet Show, the Mathers Museum of World Culture, the Center for the Study of Global Change, Mbira music played by a visiting student from Zimbabwe, and a storytelling session. After celebrating King's birthday with a cake, the children will watch a film on the civil rights leader's life. For more information or to volunteer, contact Leana McClain at Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.. An MLK Kids Crafts Fair will take place Jan. 17 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the coffeehouse of IU's Collins Living Learning Center, located at the corner of Woodburn Avenue and 10th Street.

• An interfaith prayer service will be held on Jan. 17 at 9 a.m. in Whittenberger Auditorium of the Indiana Memorial Union.

• A Unity Summit in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, 275 N. Jordan Ave., is scheduled on Jan. 17 from noon to 2 p.m.

• A series of panel discussions will take place between Jan. 13 and Jan. 27, including "Campus Life in the '60s and '70s," on Thursday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. in Briscoe Residence Center; "If You Are Going to Sit, Sit for Something," on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 3:30 p.m. in Eigenmann Residence Center; "One Struggle, Many Fronts," on Jan. 18 and Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Latino Cultural Center and Saturday, Jan. 21, at noon in the Asian Culture Center; "Martin Luther King Jr.: Has His Dream Been Deferred or Fulfilled?" on Friday, Jan. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Main Library Media Showing Room; "The Black Community Today," on Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center; "Harambee: Student Development Forum," on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 11 a.m. in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center; and "Do You Have Sense to Make Change?" on Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Read Residence Center.

• IU Libraries will present an all-day film festival at the IU Main Library Media Showing Room on Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. Films will include The Blackboard Jungle, The Defiant Ones, Carmen Jones and A Raisin in the Sun.

For more information, contact the IU Office of Academic Support and Diversity at 812-855-9632 or go to this Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/MLK/index.html

• Thursday, Jan. 20: A breakfast and forum co-sponsored by the Bloomington Professional Council and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Committee is scheduled from 8–10 a.m. at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall.

The complimentary breakfast will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic "Community Connections or Conflicts of Commitment?" The panelists will explore how IU employees can engage in public service within the guidelines of the university's conflict-of-commitment policy. Panelists will include Maurice Smith of University Human Resources and Isabel Piedmont of the Workers’ Rights Consortium Advisory Committee. Professor Carolyn Calloway-Thomas will moderate.
Please RSVP to Karen Grooms, E-mail: kgrooms@indiana.edu

IUPUI

Powell

• Poet, author and community activist Kevin Powell will be the keynote speaker for the 35th annual IUPUI Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner, hosted by the IUPUI Black Student Union, on Monday, Jan. 17, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, 350 W. Maryland St.

Powell is author of six books, including his most recent, Who's Gonna Take the Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America.

Powell emerged as a strong student activist while attending Rutgers University, where he worked with Sister Souljah on the anti-apartheid movement, conducted voter registration drives and launched a national African-American youth and student alliance. He is currently producing a series of town hall meetings called the State of Black Men Tour.

Tickets are on sale now at the IUPUI Office of Campus and Community Life and will continue through Monday, Jan. 10, or earlier if the event sells out. For information, call 317-274-3931.

• The sixth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at IUPUI will begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at the Madame Walker Theatre, 617 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis.
A free breakfast and brief program, featuring Dennis Bland, president of the Center for Leadership Development, will precede volunteer service projects at 25 service agency sites in the Indianapolis area.
Individuals or groups wishing to register for a service project may do so online at this Web site:
http://mlkday.uc.iupui.edu
Volunteer registration will end on Tuesday, Jan.11, at 5 p.m. All questions can be sent to mlkday@iupui.edu after that time.
For additional information, contact the IUPUI Office of Community Service, located at University College, or telephone 317-274-5198.

IU East

Monday, Jan. 17
Martin L. King Day
Contact: events@iue

• The Indiana Reading Corps, IU and Earlham College will host its third annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration “A Day On … Not A Day Off Read In” Monday, Jan. 17.
The celebration will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Morrisson-Reeves Library in the Harriet Bard Meeting Room, 80 N. Sixth St. in Richmond. Community leaders and other volunteers will read books centered on diversity and King to the children. Also as part of the event, activity tables have been arranged to help children learn about diversity.
Hastings Bookstore will provide free books to the first 200 children that attend the event. Goody bags will also be given to those in attendance. Parents will be able to obtain literacy resources to help their children with reading.
Jamie Hutchison-DeMonaco, IU East coordinator for the Indiana Reading Corps, said the event is one of celebration, “in remembrance of Dr. King’s dream of unity, tolerance and peace. We at the Indiana Reading Corps want to do our part in keeping that dream alive while showing children the importance of reading and where it can take you.”
Timothy Taylor, Indiana Reading Corps coordinator at Earlham, said the day should be set aside for learning and doing for others.
“I believe one of the things Martin Luther King did was to value education,” Taylor said. “Too many times people believe it’s a vacation, it’s not. It’s a day to do something for others and for education.”
For more information, call the Indiana Reading Corps at IU East at 765-973-8480.

• Thursday, Jan. 20: The Rev. Gene Spicer of the Mount Sinai Church will speak about Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium on the Richmond campus.

Bond

• Friday, Feb. 4: Civil rights activist and NAACP board chairman Julian Bond will visit campus to discuss "Civil Rights: Then and now." The lecture is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Vivian Auditorium.

IU Kokomo

• Thursday, Jan. 13, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon
Performance by the IU African American Choral Ensemble
Kelley Student Center, Room 130
Admission varies. R.S.V.P. to 765- 455-9359.

IPFW
• Monday, Jan. 17: IPFW, the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Wayne, Indiana Reading Corps and Americorps is sponsoring a Martin Luther King Literacy Fair from 2- 4 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club, 2609 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne.
The fair is a great family event, with free food and drinks. Plenty of games and activities are planned, and each child will receive a free children’s book.
Volunteers are still needed. For information on volunteering or the event in general, call 260-744-0998 or 260-481-6443.

IU Northwest

• Sunday, Jan. 16, 3 - 5 p.m.
Martin L. King Celebration—featuring the African Chorale Ensemble
Location: SC Auditorium
Sponsor: Multicultural Affairs/Diversity Committee
Contact: Henrietta Moore, hmoore@iun.edu

• Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 3-5: The IU Northwest Division of Labor Studies and the Union Education Program (UEP) will present the second annual Tribute to African American Workers. Several events will honor the working men and women of northwest Indiana. All union members, students, community groups and friends are invited to join in a call out for greater unity of purpose and vision between organized labor, non-unionized workers and community organizations.
Activities include a film festival that focuses on works that, according to the event’s founder Thandabantu Iverson, embody the spirit of self-determination, autonomy and resistance to historical conditions of exclusion and marginalization.
Also, a women’s panel discussion will explore the conditions and contributions of African-American working women, and the potential for building alliances across race and gender lines.
A final tribute event is a unity reception to be held Feb. 5 at the USWA Local 1014 McBride Hall. Byron Hobbs, Service Employees International Union Local 20 president and international executive board member is scheduled to speak.
Event details:
Thursday, Feb. 3: 4–8 p.m., Savannah Center Auditorium. Showing of the film Black Struggles in Steel. A panel discussion will follow. Panel members scheduled to attend are Fred Redmond, assistant director for USWA Steelworkers Local 7 and Ruth Needleman, IU Northwest professor of labor studies.
Friday, Feb. 4: 4–10 p.m., Savannah Center Auditorium. Showing of the films Finally Got the News and Tupac: Resurrection. Panel discussion will follow. Panel members scheduled to attend are General Baker, founding member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Detroit; Rashaan Taylor, IU Northwest student, and Ashaki Binta, Gary resident.
Saturday, Feb. 5: 3–5 p.m., Savannah Center Auditorium. Roundtable panel discussion on the challenges faced and successes found by working women of color. Panel members scheduled to attend are Sandra Irons, president of the Gary Teachers Union Local 4: Renaye Manley, regional director of the AFL-CIO; and Mary Mulligan, moderator for ASFCME Local 4009.
Saturday, Feb. 5: Unity reception,6–10 p.m., USWA Local 1014 McBride Hall, 1301 Texas Street, Gary. Reception will celebrate the contributions of black workers to the labor movement and the northwest Indiana region. The cost to attend is $10 if reserved before Friday, Feb. 4, or $15 at the door. Food and beverages will be provided.
Proceeds from this reception will raise money for the UEP Scholarship Fund.
For more information about the second annual Tribute to African American Workers, contact Iverson at the Division of Labor Studies, 219-981-4272 or 219-980-6825.

IU South Bend

• Wednesday, Jan. 12, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
MLK Gospelfest
Main Café
Sponsor: Office of Campus Diversity,
Contact that office at 574-520-5524
Free!

• Black Man’s Think Tank

The third annual Black Man’s Think Tank will be held on the IU South Bend campus, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4-5. The two-day event will feature speakers and activities with the common goal of exploring challenges facing community members and stimulating dialogue for finding solutions.

Feb. 4
• Lecture by Carl Westmoreland, senior adviser for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center;
• An African market, post-Kwanzaa celebration and an African feast.
Feb. 5
• Joseph Silver Sr., vice president of academic affairs at Savannah (Ga.) State University will discuss the rich African history that preceded the slave trade.
• Andre Anderson, chief executive officer and president of Positive Redirections of Atlanta, Ga., will address redirecting youth to better serve the community. Anderson is a graduate of St. Joseph’s High School and IU South Bend.
• Traditional drum music from Rhythm Works! at 2:30 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public. Call 574-520-6535 for reservations or additional information.

* This site will be updated periodically as information becomes available.