Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration | Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012

UNC Chapel Hill Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Join us at Carolina for a week of cooperatively planned events to commemorate the ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact UNC-Chapel Hill Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at (919) 962-6962 or by email.

Quiz Bowl | 5:00 pm | Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room

Remeberance. Join us as we remember our past with a quiz bowl. Teams will compete to see who knows the most about African American Culture! Falculty in the African American Studies Department will be facilitating, and prizes will be awarded to the winning team. Sponsors: Theta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the African American Studies Department. Contact: Joseph Bryant at jabryant@live.unc.edu

Popular Movements: A Panel Discussion| 7:00 pm | FedEx Global Center Nelson Mandela Auditorium

Action. Hosted by the Campus Y, the panel will explore four contemporary movements: the events of the Arab Revolutions, the Immigrant Rights movement, the Environmental movement and the "Occupy Everywhere" movement sparked by the Occupy Wall St. protests. How do protests today differ from those in Dr. King's time? What have we learned from the Civil Rights movement, and how do we learn from—or break from—the past? Does this generation have a different mode of creating social change? This panel hopes to cultivate a critical dialogue discussing the impact these movements have had on our world. Sponsor: Campus Y. Contact: Andrew Koo at akoo@live.unc.edu or Cora Went at cwent@live.unc.edu.