Auburn University’s Black Student Union and Alternate Student Breaks organizations are heading to Selma\, Alabama\, for a day of service. Students will volunteer at designated sites including SABRA Sanctuary\, Selma Area Food Bank and a housing project. After volunteering\, students will take tours around downtown to learn more about the...
<div class=\'content_row\'><div class=\'content_container\'> <div class=\'col-sm-12 article_story\'> <div class=\'article_body\'> Auburn University will kick off its Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Celebration Week with a breakfast featuring Quinton Ross\, president of Alabama State University\, as the keynote speaker. </div> </div> </div> </div>
A community kickoff for the MLK Celebration Week events is set for Tuesday\, Jan. 22\, at 5 p.m. on the Thach Concourse. The kickoff will include a candlelight vigil and performances by student organizations to memorialize Dr. King’s legacy through word and song. Following the kickoff\, Bryan Stevenson of the...
A talk on the “Criminalization of Poverty” with Sara Wood. Bring your lunch and join for a discussion that will examine the state of poverty in America and the intersections of economic disparities and social justice. For more information and to register for the MLK Celebration Week events\, go...
Drs. David Carter\, Kelly Kennington\, Austin McCoy and Guy Mount will take a deep dive into the impact of race on American history and the social justice movement. For more information and to register for the MLK Celebration Week events\, go to <a href=\'http://ocm.auburn.edu/mlkweek/\'>http://ocm.auburn.edu/mlkweek/</a>.
The Women’s Leadership Institute\, WLI\, invites the community to a reception for the launch of the book Outside In: Voices from the Margins. The book is edited by Barbara A. Baker\, executive director of WLI and Joyce De Vries\, professor of art history. The book includes narratives written by academic...
A chance to experience Jordanian culture and cuisine.
<div class='page' title='Page 1'><div class='layoutArea'> <div class='column'> An Earth Day/Climate Change Forum Scientists, environmental activists, youth (and seniors), sustainability professionals, and “concerned citizens” (you?) in conversation on the environmental and social justice challenges of climate change: A Green New Deal? The Youth Uprising (Sunrise and others)? National Mobilization? Local Community...
The City of Auburn will host an open house for Connect Auburn: A Plan for Auburn's Greenways and Bikeways. The goal of Connect Auburn is to identify opportunities for new and improved greenway and bicycling connections throughout Auburn. Interested community members are invited to weigh in on draft recommendations for...
Join Rev. Dr. Joan Harrell, diversity coordinator from the School of Communication and Journalism, for an interfaith and multicultural potluck, vigil, and discussion of issues of faith, racism, xenophobia, and domestic terrorism. Local faith leaders and the mayors of Auburn and Opelika will be present to look critically at what it...