Diversity Committee plans MLK events

A series of free, 50-minute panels will be open to the community in the CSC Student Center Ballroom from 8 a.m. to noon.

They are as follows:

8 a.m. – “Photojournalism and Civil Rights: Influential Images of the Civil Rights Era” with Michael Kennedy who teaches CA 234 Photojournalism

9 a.m. – “Social Sciences and School Segregation – From Brown v. Board of Education to Today” with Dr. David Nesheim who teaches HIST/SS 495 Seminar in Social Sciences

10 a.m. – “Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot,” a documentary on the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with a discussion of current voting issues.

11 a.m. – “How are we Fulfilling Dr. King’s Legacy” with CSC alumnus Jovan Mays

Noon – Brown bag lunch and “Music and the Struggle for Equality” with Dr. G. W. Sandy Schaefer who teaches MUS 330 African-American Popular Music, 1619-1980.

At 1:15 p.m., the annual MLK March begins at the intersection of Main and Third Streets with Chadron Public School students joining the march at Sixth Street.

The march will proceed to the CSC Chicoine Center where a 2 p.m. program will feature choirs from the Chadron Public Schools and a keynote address by Dr. Albert Bimper, assistant professor in the Colorado State University department of Ethnic Studies and Senior Associate Athletic Director for Diversity and Inclusion.

Bimper completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Cultural Studies in Education at the University of Texas, and holds a Master of Science degree in Sport Psychology from Purdue University.

He is responsible for managing and facilitating diversity and inclusion programs within the athletic department and oversees a comprehensive diversity and inclusion program for student-athletes, coaches and athletics department staff.

An aim of his research and teaching has been social justice advocacy to further develop culturally relevant and meaningful educational experiences for student-athletes of color. His research has been published in The Journal of Black Psychology, Race, Ethnicity and Education, The Journal of College Student Development, and Quest.

At 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, Karl McFarlane “Karl Minor” and Mays will co-host “Outspoken,” an Open Mic Night.