Calendar of Events

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

8:30 – 9:00 AM        

Musical Performance by Blake Shaw, bassist/vocalist

9:00 – 9:05 AM

Opening Welcome by Dave McInally, Coe College President

9:05 – 9:10 AM

Welcome by Marc’ Bady, Dean of Students, Coe College

9:10 – 9:30 AM

Student, Faculty & Staff Readings/Testimonials
Readings and thoughts from the campus community

9:45 – 10:30 AM

SESSION 1A: Karl Cassel, Managing Partner Top Rank — "There is no better time than the present to do what is right."
SESSION 1B: Danette Patton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication & Rhetoric, Coe College — Intersectionality and the Civil Rights Movement

10:45 to 11:30 AM

SESSION 2A: Keesha Burke-Henderson, Director of Diversity and International Student Success, Mount Mercy University — Martin, the Renaissance and the Radical:  A look at speeches and writings beyond the dream.
SESSION 2B: Rodrick Dooley, Chief Equity Officer & Office of Learning and Leadership, Cedar Rapids Community School District — King Rules:  Managing conflict by working for peace

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