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Peace through Social Justice November 2nd-11th

Peace and Justice Week at UofL

Peace and Justice Weeks is a collaborative effort of campus organizations, student groups, and community community organizations to put on programs and events that highlight work being done around social justice issues. This years list of events:

Monday, November 2nd

Journey of Hope Chao Auditorium 6pm Don’t miss this stimulating panel discussion featuring Journey of Hope, an organization led by murder victim family members joined by death row family members, family members of the executed, the exonerated, and others with stories to tell. Journey of Hope conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty. Please contact Kate Miller at the ACLU of KY with any questions at 502-581-9746 or kate@aclu-ky.org. Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Anne Braden Institute, the University of Louisville chapter of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, Pan African Studies Graduate Association, the University of Louisville chapter of Amenity International, as well as the student chapter of the NAACP

Tuesday, November 3rd

Brown Bag Lunch “New Roots” Muhammad Ali Institute 12 noon The Muhammad Ali Institute will be hosting Karyn Moskowitz, founder of New Roots, an agency that works tirelessly to bring fresh produce to areas within Louisville’s food desert. Come discuss food justice and learn how New Roots works toward eliminating food injustices in our community. Just bring your lunch and we will provide the drinks and desserts! Sponsored by the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice

Wednesday, November 4th

Let’s Talk Lunch: “What is Economic Violence?” Chao Auditorium 12noon The state of the economy is improving and the recession is finally over according to economists, but the unemployment rate remains the same and even rises in some areas. Let’s look at the real world implications of economic violence and discuss what, if anything, can we do. Co-sponsored by BFSA, Cultural Center, and Society of Porter Scholars

Thursday, November 5th

Conversation Cafe: Legal Issues in Immigration Cultural Center 12 noon What are the current hot button legal issues in immigration? Do undocumented immigrants have rights according to US law? How does immigration law affect the average US citizen? Join UofL law professor Enid Trucios-Haynes, a leading scholar in this field, as we learn about and discuss the local, national, and international implications of immigration law. Free lunch provided to all participants. Sponsored by the Office of First Year Initiatives Book-in-Common program

Social Justice Theater

Thrust Theater 7pm Fighting for social justice isn’t always what you think, come see three productions that revolve around the fight for social justice in unique ways. Dr. Burton and the African American Theater Arts program will have a scene from the recent production of “Come Burning Down”, Theater Arts graduate student K. O. Ewing Roush will be performing a one-man production of an original screenplay, and the Ali Scholars will be using their talents to inform and raise awareness about violence using the See Red Now campaign. Co-sponsored by the African American Theater Dept.

Saturday, November 7th

How Can We Best Serve? Working With Immigration and Refugee Population Student Activities Center 10:30am Join us for the first in a series of community engagement workshops and trainings designed to educate UofL students about our community's needs and social justice issues, and to provide students with a better understanding of how they can effectively engage with the community through direct service.

This program is for UofL students who are interested in volunteering with our immigrant and refugee community or who want to learn more about this community. Sessions will cover Literacy, Health, and Legal Issues. Presenters include staff from Americana, Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs, JCPS: English as Second Language Office and the Newcomer Academy. Sponsored by the Office of Civic Engagement, Leadership, and Service

Tuesday, November 10th

Anne Braden Memorial Lecture - Michael Honey: “From Civil Rights to Economic Justice: The Freedom’s Movement’s Unfinished Business” Chao Auditorium 5:30 pm Scholar-activist Mike Honey is a distinguished historian and professor at U-Washington/Tacoma with 3 award-winning books linking the civil rights and labor movements. He also lived and worked for a time in Louisville with Carl and Anne Braden and the Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF).

Honey’s latest book, Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign, beautifully examines Dr. King’s radical legacy and the movement’s unfinished business. The lecture will also feature a musical performance and a slide show. Sponsored by the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research

Wednesday, November 11th

A Morning with Hamza Yusuf Interfaith Center 9:30 am to 11:30am The Muslim Student Association invites you to join Hamza Yusuf, internationally recognized Islamic scholar, for a rare intimate discussion. Mr. Yusuf was born in Washington State and raised in Northern California. In 1977, he became Muslim and subsequently traveled to the Muslim world where he studied for ten years in the U.A.E., in Saudi Arabia, and in North and West Africa. He received teaching licenses in various Islamic subjects from several well-known scholars in these various countries. He has traveled all over the world giving talks on Islam. He also founded the Zaytuna Institute which has developed an international reputation for presenting a classical picture of Islam in the West and which is dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and the sciences of Islam. Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association

Postcard Project! As part of GREEN DOT KY, PEACC and the Office of LGBT services will collaborate with the newly formed Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT), for a campus wide positive speech campaign called the "Postcard Project". Be watching for details on how you can get involved in replacing red dots of hate speech with green dots of positive communication through chalking, Facebook, banners, and making artistic postcards with messages of PEACC. For more details check out the website at: www.louisville/edu/peacc Co-sponsored by PEACC and Intersection

Peace and Justice Week is a program of the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of Louisville in cooperation with a variety of campus departments and organizations and community agencies. For more information, contact the Ali Institute at 852-6372 or www.louisville.edu/aliinstitute