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Southern Exposure Film Festival

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities

<span style='font-weight: 400;'>In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Auburn Outdoors, the Alabama Rivers Alliance, and the Office of Sustainability are co-hosting a film festival. </span><a href='https://www.southernexposurefilms.org/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Southern Exposure Film Festival</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'>, a series of short documentaries focuses on “raising appreciation and awareness...

Oscillation Transia Film Festival

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

<span style='font-weight: 400;'>Kick off Earth Month in Auburn with the Office of Sustainability as they welcome the </span><a href='https://www.oscillationtransiafilmfestival.com/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Oscillation Transia Film Festival</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'> to campus.  The film festival is a traveling non-profit event exploring the intersection of solar energy application and environmental awareness through...

“Unsettling Southern Histories” with Angela Pulley Hudson

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Southern history is far more complex and contradictory than is often acknowledged. This will focus on experiences of Indigenous southerners the implications that undermining Native American history has on our collective past, present and future.Angela Pulley Hudson is an Auburn alumna class of ‘96 and professor of History at Texas...

The Life and Legacy of Ned Cobb

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Ned Cobb, born in Tallapoosa County in 1885, was an African-American tenant farmer and member of the Alabama Sharecroppers’ Union. From the 1930s on, he fought for the rights of poor farmers in the South. In 1969, Theodore Rosengarten came to Alabama to search for and interview surviving members of...

Horace King: Slave and Bridge Builder with Keith Hebert

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Bring your lunch and join the conversation on one of the most influential architects and bridge builders in the history of the southern United States. The lecture begins at 12:15 pm. This event is co-sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Alabama Lands

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Join Bill Deutsch for a presentation on Alabama's Lands. This event is free and open to the public.

The Role of Convict Labor in Birmingham Industry

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Join Ty Malugari for a story on the convict leasing system in Alabama (effectively the last state to outlaw this injust system in 1928) and how state laws enacted by Alabama politicians were placed to justify their use of convict labor, comparable to the institution of slavery. This event is...

Project Say Something

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Camille Bennett, founder and director of Project Say Something, alongside Cristin Britten, and Brian Murphy, will be speaking about the organization's mission to 'confront racial injustice through black history by using non-violent communication, education, and community empowerment to reconcile the past with the present'. This event is free and open...

The Story of Alabama in Fourteen Foods

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Bring your lunch and join the conversation! Lecture begins at 12:15 pm.  Co-sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Mapping Alabama

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Talk by David Robb

The Role of Social and Service Organizations in African American History and Life

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Join Earnestine Green McNealeya, a researcher and author who specializes in the history of African-American women’s groups, for a presentation examining the genesis of these groups and their initiatives that have improved their lives and communities.

Diversity Symposium & Luncheon

Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts &amp; Humanities

Join the Auburn University Community and Civic Engagement Initiative in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) for this one-day symposium as a presenter or audience member.  Presentations will be highlighted by keynote speaker and prominent civil rights activist\, Dr. Bernard Lafayette. As part of the CLA Diversity Initiative\, faculty\, undergraduate...