Monday, January 19

Day of Action: Seattle Annual MLK Celebration

11:00 am Rally & March starting at Garfield High School,
400 23rd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by turning your day off into a day of action! Gather with a group of Highline students, faculty and staff to participate in Seattle’s Annual MLK Celebration which includes workshops, a rally and a march. Meet us in the Garfield High School gym. Look for the Highline banner. For more information, email Student Programs or  call 206-878-3710 ext. 3536.

 

Tuesday, January 20
King as a Social Scientist: The Revolution of Values Towards Creative Maladjustment
9:00 am, Highline Student Union Building 8, Mt. Constance Room

This presentation will address students in multiple disciplines to find creative ways to do King’s work. Insights from psychological research will be used to capture the urgency of King’s message forty years later. This presentation will include excerpts of the Boondocks episode, “Long live the King,” to frame King’s work in the context of the current sociopolitical climate using provocative media. Mark A. Bolden holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Howard University. He is president elect of the Washington, DC Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists; founder and convener of the Fanon Project- a collective of inter-disciplinary scholars and activists who employ the work of Frantz Fanon towards decolonizing the mind of African people.

 

Living the Vision: An interactive workshop by Dr. Mark Bolden, Fanon Project
11:00 am, Highline Student Union Building 8, Mt. Constance Room

This interactive workshop will incorporate skill building exercises related to the inter-personal transgressions that we commit against one another with a re-commitment to treat individuals more humanely. How do we abstain from becoming oppressors in our speech and action and recognize the relative toll that oppressive speech and action has upon us? This workshop incorporates biology, deep thought from spiritual traditions, and advanced communication skills in the direction of character development.

 

Creating a Vision of Equity and Opportunity in Education:
A lecture by Dr. Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan, Praxis Institute

12:10 pm, Building 7

Every child deserves equity and opportunity in education but our culture of scarcity and limited access makes that vision challenging. By creating equity, sharing opportunity, and taking responsibility every adult has a chance to make this vision a reality for our children. As the co-founder and first President of the Praxis Institute for Early Childhood Education, Dr. Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan heads a new racially, culturally, linguistically diverse college providing graduate and undergraduate education and professional development for early childhood and elementary teachers and others who work with young children, their families, and their communities.

 

Wednesday, January 21
Dr. King, Barack Obama and the Era of Color Blind Racism:
A lecture by Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University
10:00 am & 12:10 pm, Highline Student Union (Building 8) - Mt. Constance Room

Professor of Sociology at Duke University, Dr. Bonilla-Silva is one of the leading intellectuals and thinkers around racism in the post-civil rights era. Author of the book, Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States, Dr. Bonilla-Silva calls us to look at how systems of racism are continuing to exist and manifest in this historical moment. During this lecture, he will be touching on the civil rights movement to the current election of President-Elect Barack Obama.

Co-sponsored with the Learning and Teaching Center.

 

Diversity at Highline: A Critical Analysis of Recruitment & Retention of Faculty and Staff of Color
2:00 - 3:30 pm, Highline Student Union (Building 8) - Mt. Constance Room

Highline has made great strides in student diversity. This program focuses on the importance of recruitment and retention of faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. Panelists will feature our very own campus leaders as they will discuss broader campus initiatives and ways in which those will impact increasing and retaining a multicultural staff and faculty.
Sponsored by Multicultural Services and the Recruitment & Retention Council for Faculty and Staff of Color.

 

Thursday, January 22
2020: New Visionaries Panel
9:00 am,  (Building 7)

Dr. King and the civil rights movement occurred in the 1960’s. Who is leading the charge for truth and rights in our communities now? Come listen to current social justice activists and learn how you can get involved in making a difference now.

 

Elders Panel: Retrospection on Dr. King’s Vision

11:00 am, (Building 7)

Led by Dr. King’s vision, students and young people drove the transformation of the 1960’s. The way to maintain this spirit of social change is to hear from those that were there! This panel will celebrate local elders from both Highline and the community who were, and remain to be, political activists and advocates for their communities.

 

Born Rich: A film showing and discussion with Kevin Stanley, HCC Economics

12:10 pm, Highline Student Union (Building 8) - Mt. Constance Room
Born Rich is a 2003 documentary about the experience of growing up as a child in one of the world's richest families. It was created and produced by Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. Described as "a documentary on children of the insanely rich," it consists primarily of Johnson interviewing his friends and peers about the experience of living life free of financial constraints and benefiting from class privilege. Come join us for a viewing and discussion with Kevin Stanley.

 

Friday, January 23

People’s History of Sports in the United States: A lecture by Author Dave Zirin
9:00 am & 10:00 am, (Building 7) 

A writer who brings sports and political writing together like no other—to compelling ends—Dave Zirin, author of What's My Name, Fool?, Welcome to the Terrordome, and the online column, edgeofsports.com, is here to share with us his newest, A People's History of Sports in the United States (The New Press). Published as part of the New Press People's History series, edited by Howard Zinn, this is a rousing history of sports unlike any written to date.

Rainbow of Desire: Interactive performance and community dialogue facilitated by Marc Weinblatt of the Mandala Center
12:00-2:00 pm, Highline Student Union (Building 8) - Mt. Constance Room 
The Rainbow of Desire is part of a body of work known internationally as Theatre of the Oppressed (T.O.) Created by Brazilian visionary, Augusto Boal, T.O. is a form of popular, community-based education that uses theater as a tool for transformation. Designed for non-actors, it is now used all over the world for social and political activism, conflict resolution, community building, therapy, and government legislation. Through the evocative and universal language of theatre, participants will be invited to deconstruct a short scenario exploring the complexity of gender dynamics. Marc Weinblatt is Founder & Director of the Mandala Center.
Sponsored by the First Fridays Leadership Institute.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Week is sponsored by Student Programs-Center for Leadership and Service and Multicultural Services. For more information on MLK Week events, please contact Natasha Burrowes at 206-878-3710 x 3256 or via email.

If you need accommodations due to a disability, please contact Access Services at (206)878-3710, ext.3857(voice) or (206)870-4853(TDD/VP) no later than January 6, 2009.