The Elizabethtown College Community will honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a week-long celebration of events open to the community from Jan. 19 through 25. Please find below a list of events and guest speakers:<\/p>\n
Monday, January 20, 2020<\/strong> Questions may be directed to Joel Janisewski<\/a> at (717) 361-6048.<\/p>\n Monday, January 20<\/strong> Speaker, Facilitator, and Strategist are three keywords that describe Vera Cornish. This dynamic inspirational speaker has garnered a reputation of meeting her audience where they are and leaving them energized and excited. As a speaker and facilitator Vera Cornish is thought-provoking. It is her belief that everyone has the power to choose and the innate ability to ReDefine, ReFrame, and ReCommit to both their professional and personal lives. Her book Dare To Dream is dedicated to the dreamers! Where would we be without those that take a concept and make it a reality! Learn more about Vera Cornish<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tuesday, January 21<\/strong> Can we recognize commonalities with other people, even with those who seem at first to be extremely different from ourselves? In this discussion, we\u2019ll listen to an episode of the Science of Happiness podcast \u2013 created by the Greater Good Science Center based at UC Berkeley \u2013 featuring Comedian W. Kamau Bell and his experience building common ground with his in-laws. Afterwards, we\u2019ll try out the techniques featured in the podcast ourselves! Notebooks and pens will be provided.<\/p>\n Wednesday, January 22<\/strong> Major Turner-Childs enlisted in the state police in 1998 and was promoted to corporal in 2005, a sergeant in 2007, a lieutenant in 2010, and captain in 2015. She is the first African-American woman in the history of the Pennsylvania State Police to command a troop, and the second African American woman to obtain the rank of major. Major Turner-Childs earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in criminal justice from Elizabethtown College and a master\u2019s degree in organizational leadership from Central Penn College. She is also a graduate of the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command and the FBI National Academy. Read more about Major Turner-Childs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thursday, January 23<\/strong> Ta-Nehisi Coates says we must love our country the way we love our friends \u2014 and not spare the hard truths. \u201cCan you get to a place where citizens are encouraged to see themselves critically, where they\u2019re encouraged to see their history critically?\u201d he asks. Coates is a poetic journalist and a defining voice of our times. He\u2019s with us in a conversation that is joyful, hard, kind, soaring, and down-to-earth all at once. He spoke with Krista as part of the 2017 Chicago Humanities Festival.\u00a0 Listen to the podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thursday, January 23<\/strong> Drop-In conversation in the Winter\u2019s Alcove of the High Library with free hot tea and small treats.\u00a0 The special topic to discuss will be the speeches, sayings, and rhetoric of Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Elizabethtown College Community will honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a week-long celebration of events open to the community from Jan. 19 through 25. 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\n9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nSponsored by Center for Community and Civic Engagement and Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Title IX<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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Vera Cornish: Dare To Dream<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n6 p.m., Gibble Auditorium<\/strong>
\nMeet & Greet 4:30-5:30 p.m., <\/strong>Masters Center Atrium<\/strong>
\nSponsored by the Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Title IX<\/em><\/p>\nPodcast:\u00a0Bridging Divides<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n3:30 p.m., High Library<\/strong>
\nSponsored by the High Library and Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Title IX<\/em><\/p>\nPA State Police Major Kristal Turner-Childs: Leadership<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n11 a.m., Gibble Auditorium<\/strong>
\nSponsored by the Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Title IX<\/em><\/p>\nPodcast:\u00a0Imagining a New America, with Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n3:30 p.m., Mosaic House<\/strong>
\nSponsored by the Chaplain’s Office and Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Title IX<\/em><\/p>\nFake Fireplace: Real Conversation<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n7:30-9:30 p,m., High Library Winter’s Alcove<\/strong>
\nSponsored by the Chaplain’s Office<\/em><\/p>\n