Human Rights Week activities scheduled

Drummer T.S. Monk will celebrate the jazz legacy of his father, the pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, in "Monk on Monk" at 8 p.m., Jan. 22 in Hancher Auditorium. The concert is presented in conjunction with the University's celebration, Human Rights Week 2000.  Photo by Warren Mantooth.

King’s birthday, a national holiday observed this year on Jan. 17, has been recognized at the UI since 1968 with a convocation. Beginning in 1993, the UI expanded its observance to include a week of activities, all of which are free and open to the public. Each year, organizers of the UI’s Human Rights Week select a theme based on a quote from King’s writings and speeches. This year’s theme is "It’s always the right time to do the right thing."

Human Rights Week 2000 is coordinated by the UI Office of Student Life and by numerous UI departments that will sponsor events during the week to promote awareness of issues ranging from diversity to social change. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in any Human Rights Week program, please contact the Office of Student Life in advance at (33)5-3059.

Jan. 16

• 7pm; Inter-religious Celebration of the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Old Brick Church
  
  
• 7:30pm; Film: American History X; Illinois Room IMU

Jan. 17

• 7pm; Convocation keynote address delivered by James Hicks, UI Facilities and Services Group; Second Floor IMU Ballroom
  
  
• Online: PowerPoint slide show in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Accessible online Jan. 17-23 at www.biz.uiowa.edu/stead/mlk/dream.htm

Jan. 18

• 6:30-9:30pm; Discussion: "Being black in a predominantly white university", Emmanuel Enekwichi, UI psychologist; Michigan Room IMU

Jan. 19

• 11:30am-1pm; Film and discussion: Eyes on the Prize, award-winning documentary series that traces King’s life; Room 133 Nursing Building
  
  
• 4-5pm; Reception and presentation of the UI Council on Disability Awareness Achievement Award; South Room IMU. The award is presented to a person or group who has provided extensive support to persons with disabilities (see story on page 2).
  
  
• 7-10pm; Film: Out of the Past; Iowa Room IMU. A video focusing on the struggles of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Includes a group discussion and refreshments.

Jan. 20

• 9am-5pm; "Do the right thing, get out and vote," voter registration drive; Landmark Lobby, Ground Floor IMU
  
  
• Noon-1:30pm; Video: The Terrible Transformation 1450 – 1750, showing the Middle Passage, the transportation of more than 20 million Africans, captured into slavery and brought to the New World. The video reveals through interviews and little-known facts the beginnings of indentured servitude in Europe and its emergence in the New World; Miller Room IMU.
  
  
• 4:30pm; Burns Weston, College of Law professor and human rights scholar, will address the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s intervention in Kosovo and events in East Timor; Boyd Law Building.
  
  
• 7:30pm; Joe Clark, on whose life the 1986 movie Lean on Me was based, will address the public. Clark is a promoter of pride in one’s self and school, and is the author of Laying Down the Law; Main Lounge IMU.

Jan. 21

• 9am-noon; Safe Zone Project: Creating allies in support of LGBT people. A workshop offered to staff and faculty interested in helping to create an accepting campus community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students; Miller Room, IMU.
  
  
• 9am-5pm; "Do the right thing, get out and vote," voter registration drive continues; Landmark Lobby, Ground Floor IMU
  
  
• Noon-5pm; Diversity Research Fair. Traevena Potter-Hall, College of Law graduate, will speak about her experiences as a woman of color in Iowa and will discuss her appointed position as director of the Iowa Commission on the Status of African Americans. A discussion will follow and will begin at 2:30pm; Jones Commons (Room N300) Lindquist Center.

Jan. 22

• 7pm; Informational meeting for potential volunteers for the Food Bank and the Crisis Center; Crisis Center, 1121 Gilbert Court
  
  
• 8 pm; Monk on Monk, a concert dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk played by his son, T.S. Monk, and his band; Hancher Auditorium.