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From Topeka Toward Tomorrow
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Celebrates 
Brown v. Board of Education

 

Full Program of Events March 22-26, 2004
Updated March 18, 2004

PLEASE NOTE: 
**Each day during the week Kutztown University will be accepting children’s books to be donated to local schools.  Drop off sites include: Rohrbach Library (near Main Desk), College of Education Dean's Office, Student Union Building (near information desk), and South Dining Hall (near TV).

**All proceeds from the art auction on Friday will benefit KU student scholarships.  These pieces, which were created by our Commemorative "Featured" Artists, can be seen Monday in the South Dining Hall and Tuesday through Friday in Rohrbach Library's Audiovisual Center. 

**Four vendors will provide artwork for sale on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Part of the proceeds will go towards KU student scholarships. (More information soon)

Monday, March 22, 2004

9:00 a.m.-Noon   Speaker Jeanne Kincaid "Brown and ADA" SUB 250 

10:00 a.m.   Commemorative ("Featured") Artists South Dining 1

11:00 a.m.   Author Winston Jones Completing the Circle of
                   Acceptance
South Dining 1

1:00 p.m.-4:30   Speaker Jeanne Kincaid "Brown and ADA" SUB 250

1:00 p.m.   Speaker: Jerri Sueck "Brown and Foster Care" South Dining 1

2:00 p.m.   Speaker: Janet Simpkins "Impact of Brown on  Alternative
                  Education" South Dining 1

3:00 p.m.   Speaker: Oliver Franklin (from the Philadelphia Foundation) 
                  South Dining 1"International Students"

4:00 p.m.   Author: Salome Thomas El I Choose to Stay South Dining 1 

4:00 p.m.   Artist: Kadir Nelson 145 Boehm Science Bldg 

5:00 p.m.   Speak Out SUB (by Kutztown Faculty and Staff) Jazzman’s

6:00 p.m.   Movie: A Place at the Table South Dining

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

9:00 a.m.-Noon   Reenactment, Film Series , Choir Performance, 
                              Jazz Ensemble,
Diversity Dance, Black Flame, Tone Bell
                              Choir  in Schaeffer Auditorium

11:00 a.m.   Author: Gretna Wilkerson Alumni in Multicultural Center

1:00 p.m.   Linda and Cheryl Brown South Dining
              Must have a ticket to attend.

3:00 p.m.   Singer: Ara Ozcan South Dining 1

4:00 p.m.   Bill Staples - Disney Teacher of the Year  South Dining 1

5:00 p.m.   Speak Out by Community South Dining 1

6:00 p.m.   Movie: Civil Rights Movement South Dining 1

7:00 p.m.   Author: Gretna Wilkerson in SUB

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

9:00 a.m.-Noon   Linda and Cheryl Brown Schaeffer
                      Must have a ticket to attend.

1:00 p.m.   Discussion Panel Schaeffer

4:00 p.m.   Speaker: Maurice Davis "Black Males at Risk: Quality Education
                  at a Community College Level" South Dining 

5:30 p.m.   Word Poetry Jam South Dining

Thursday, March 25, 2004

9:00 a.m.    Speaker: Linda Spears Bunton "From Uptown to Backtown: a
                   Brown Girl View of Desegregation in New Orleans and New York"
                   South Dining

10:00 a.m.   Speaker: Byron Crudup "Blacks and Scientific Artifacts" 
                    South Dining

11:00 a.m.   Presentation: Good Schools of Pennsylvania
                    South Dining

Noon        Speakers: Dr. Debra Lynch and Dr. David Ross "Disabilities,
                    Equality, and Inequalities" South Dining

1:00 p.m.   Speakers: Dr. Kelley Kenney and Mark Kenney "Raising Children
                   in a MTV Society" South Dining

2:00 p.m.   Speaker: Dr. Kim Johnston "Brown’s Impact on Women" 
                  South Dining

3:00 p.m.   Speaker: Prof. Kelly Neyhart "A Historical Perspective on Brown"
                  South Dining

4:00 p.m.   Speaker: Rep. Larry Curry "Impact of Brown on American History" 
                  South Dining

Friday, March 26, 2004 Brown Fest Day

10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.  Caricatures by Steve Johnson

10:30 a.m.   Artistic Performance by John Graves

11:00 a.m.   Jeopardy

Noon-3:00   Silent Auction 
(All proceeds from the art auction will benefit KU student scholarships.)

Noon    Speakers: “Smokin” Joe and Marvis Frazier "From Topeka Toward
                                 Tomorrow"

 

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For more information on KU's celebration of Brown v. Board of Education, please contact Deb Johnson at 610-683-4275 dejohnso@kutztown.edu or contact Susie Schmoyer at 610-683-4253 schmoyer@kutztown.edu

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