19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
Utah Valley University
January 22-25, 2013
TUESDAY, JAN. 22ND
9:00 TO 10:00AM – Student Panel: “MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND GLOBAL OUTREACH”
MODERATOR: BAKTYBEK ABDRISAEV, History and Political Science, UVU
LUIS MIRANDA, Student, UVU
JORDAN THOMPSON, Student, UVU
JAKOB JOHNSON, Student, UVU
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10:00 TO 11:15AM – Faculty and Scholar Panel: “BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND HUMAN RIGHTS DURING THE COLD WAR”
MODERATORS: LUIS MIRANDA, JORDAN THOMPSON, JAKOB JOHNSON, Students, UVU
BAKTYBEK ABDRISAEV, History and Political Science, UVU
ALEXEY SEMYONOV, President, Andrei Sakharov Foundation, Virginia
CARL GERSHMAN, President, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, D.C.
BENJAMIN NATHANS, Ronald S. Lauder Endowed Term Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
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11:30AM TO 12:45PM – Dance Panel and Choreography: “Emmett Till, Alvin Ailey, and the Civil Rights Struggle Expressed Through Dance”
MODERATOR: ANGIE BANCHERO-KELLEHER, Dance
MELISSA FREEMAN, Student, UVU
“REVELATIONS OF AILEY: HOW ‘REVELATION’ REVEALS RACE RELATIONS OF MID-20TH CENTURY AMERICA”
ANNA TOMASELLI, Student, UVU
“MINUS ONE”
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1:00 TO 2:15PM – Faculty and Scholar Panel: “ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND WORKERS’ RIGHTS”
MODERATOR: J. BONNER RITCHIE, Scholar in Residence, UVU
BONNER RITCHIE, Professor Emeritus of International Organizational Behavior, BYU, and Scholar in Residence, UVU
LOWELL GLENN, Finance and Economics, UVU
WARNER WOODWORTH, Professor of Organizational Behavior, BYU
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2:30 TO 3:45 – Student Panel: “MORMON FAMILY, GAY CHILD”
MODERATOR: BARNEY NYE, Multicultural Center, UVU
UVU Students
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4:00 TO 5:15PM – Student Panel: “CIVIL RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GUINEA-BISSAU”
MODERATOR: LYN BENNETT, History and Political Science, UVU
MACOTE AMBROSIO, Student, UVU
THE UNION OF GUINEAN STUDENTS IN THE AMERICAS
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6:30PM – Film Screening: To Kill a Mockingbird (dir. Robert Mulligan, 1962)
Free Admission, Free Popcorn
Grande Ballroom, Sorensen Student Center
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23RD
9:00 TO 9:50AM – Faculty Panel: “POEMS OF RESISTANCE, REBELLION AND RIGHTS”
LAURA HAMBLIN, English and Literature, UVU
ROB CARNEY, English and Literature, UVU
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10:00 TO 10:50AM – Student/Faculty Panel: “THE RIGHT TO BE NATIVE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND AMERICAN INDIANS”
MODERATOR: DAVID WILSON, History and Political Science, UVU
DAVID WILSON
“THE MURDER OF LUCY SITTING MAN”
ORRIENA SNYDER, Student, UVU
“THE POWWOW AND THE BUILDING OF A PAN-INDIAN IDENTITY”
CHEVONNE TODICHEENEY, UVU Graduate
“DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE NAVAJO NATION: A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE”
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11:00 TO 11:50AM – Student/Faculty Panel: “RHETORICS OF EXCLUSION AND ILLUSION: ETHNIC STUDIES, BILINGUAL EDUCATION, AND THE AMERICAN DREAM”
MODERATOR: GAE LYN HENDERSON, English and Literature, UVU, Moderator
SIERRA WILSON, Student, UVU
“PUPILS OR POLITICS? ANALYZING THE RHETORIC OF ARIZONA’S HB 2281”
BENJAMIN CARTER, Student, UVU
“ENGLISH EXCLUSIVITY: EXAMINING PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS OF ENGLISH ONLY IN ESL INSTRUCTION”
JESSICA SCOTT, Student, UVU
“THE DECEPTIVE DREAM: HOPE AND DISILLUSIONMENT IN THE AMERICAN DREAM”
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12:00 TO 12:50PM – Student/Faculty Panel: “BORDERS AND BULLYING: REWRITING IDENTITIES IN 2013”
MODERATOR: GAE LYN HENDERSON, English and Literature, UVU
JULE’ SORENSEN, Student, UVU
“WHO AM I? DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS IN GEORGE WASHINGTON GOMEZ AND OTHER LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE”
CURTIS GREENWOOD, Student, UVU
“HUMANIZING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS”
SHIRLEY PAGE, Student, UVU
“YOU SHOULD GO AND ... GET A VOICE: THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS DEALING WITH CYBERBULLYING”
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1:00 TO 1:50PM – Student/Faculty Panel: “CURRENT ISSUES IN CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS I”
MODERATOR: DIANA WEBBER, English and Literature, UVU
JORDAN RING, Student, UVU
“MORMONISM AND VEGETARIANISM: REFLECTIONS ON THE BIO-SPIRITUALITY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINT FAITH”
DIANNA WEBBER
“ECOFEMINISM: FROM ROOTS TO NEW DIRECTIONS”
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1:00 TO 1:50PM – Student Presentation: “PREDICTING CIVIL RIGHTS PRIORITIES: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE”
MODERATOR: RON HAMMOND, Behavioral Science
REBECCA ASKREN, Student, UVU
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2:00 TO 2:50PM – Student Panel: “PREJUDICE AND SINGLE PARENTS”
MODERATOR: RON HAMMOND, Behavioral Science
STEPHANIE NIELSON, Student, UVU
Student Panel
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THURSDAY, THE 24TH
DR. CLARENCE B. JONES KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10:00 TO 11:15AM – KEYNOTE ADDRESS
PERFORMANCE: HERRIMAN HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR
WELCOME: MATTHEW HOLLAND, PRESIDENT, UVU
KEYNOTE: CLARENCE B. JONES, “CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH”
GRANDE BALLROOM, SORENSEN STUDENT CENTER, UVU
11:30AM TO 12:30PM – BOOK SIGNING BY DR. JONES
BEHIND THE DREAM: THE MAKING OF THE SPEECH THAT TRANSFORMED A NATION, CLARENCE B. JONES (NY: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2011)
GRANDE BALLROOM, SORENSEN STUDENT CENTER
1:00 TO 2:15PM – Q/A SESSION AND BUFFET FOR STUDENTS AND DR. JONES
CENTRE STAGE, SORENSEN STUDENT CENTER
2:30 TO 3:45PM – STUDENT/FACULTY BOOK CLUB
MODERATOR: MICHAEL FREEMAN, LIBRARY DIRECTOR
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN: A MEMOIR IN BOOKS BY AZAR NAFISI (NY: RANDOM HOUSE, 2008)
EVERYONE WELCOME
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7:30PM – PERFORMANCE OF THE CRUCIBLE BY ARTHUR MILLER
7:00PM
NOORDA THEATRE, UVU CAMPUS
DIRECTED BY DR. TERRY PETRIE, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRICAL ARTS FOR THE STAGE AND SCREEN
(TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED. PLEASE SEE www.uvu.edu/arts)
FRIDAY, THE 25TH
9:00 TO 9:50AM – Student Panel: “Current Issues in Civil and Human Rights II”
MODERATOR: TRACI WRIGHT, History and Political Science
LUIS MIRANDA, Student, UVU
“PROPHETIC: A PROLEGOMENON TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL CHANGE”
WILLIAM NG, Student, UVU
“THE CORRELATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POVERTY AND EDUCATION
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10:00 TO 10:50AM – Faculty Panel: “Current Issues in Civil and Human Rights III”
MODERATOR: DAVID KNOWLTON, Behavioral Science
LYNN ENGLAND, History and Political Science, UVU
“RACISM WITH A SMILE: MASKING CONTEMPORARY ATTITUDES THROUGH HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES”
DAVID R. KELLER, Philosophy and Humanities, Director, Center for the Study of Ethics, UVU
“TIM DECHRISTOPHER AS BIDDER 70: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE OR STRATEGIC MONKEY WRENCHING?”
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11:00 TO 11:50AM – Student Panel: “ Remembering the Dream: Fighting for Rights Today”
TOM HAWKINS, SHANNON BLACK, DAVID BEACH, UVU Students
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1:00 TO 1:50PM – Student/Faculty Panel: “Understanding and Accommodating Stereotypes Can Help People in Education and Life – An Examination of the book Whistling Vivaldi”
MODERATOR: ANGIE CARTER, English and Literature, UVU
NOREEN ASTIN, Philosophy and Humanities, UVU
VALERIE MERIT, Student, UVU
STUDENT PANEL
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2:00 TO 2:50PM – Student Panel: “Current Issues in Civil and Human Rights IV”
MODERATOR: GIOVANNA ALISA, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
NICK LARSEN, COMMUNITY MEMBER/CO-FOUNDER OF BACKYARD BROADCAST
HEATHER SHIPP, Student, Timpanogos High School
MADI PALMER, Student, Cottonwood High School
“BACKYARD BROADCAST: A VOICE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING”
MARY CISNEROS, Student, UVU
“THE BAHA’I FAITH: THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM IRAN TO THE WEST AND BACK”
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3:00 TO 3:50PM –Student Presentation: “Marriage Equality”
MODERATOR: JULIE NICHOLS, English and Literature
WILLIAM CHRISTIANSEN, Student, UVU
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