Presenter: MLK Committee Event Type: March and Rally Location: SUB - Hatch Ballroom Time: 9:30 AM 9:30am - Doors Open - Help make posters 10:00am - St. Paul's Children's Choir Performs 10:45am - March Begins from BSU SUB March ends at the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial Click here for route
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Presenter: Dr. Keith Anderson Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB Bishop Barnwell Time: 5:30 -7:00 PM
The classrooms of America are no longer becoming, but already are, multicultural. Yet, those teaching these constantly changing classrooms are overwhelmingly European American or White. Many public educational studies indicate that students of color make up over 40% of America's public school population. Studies also indicate that over 85% of their teachers are White (Albert & Yasin 1999). What effects does this predominately white teacher educational system have on the educational process of a multicultural society of students? A high percentage of students of color either drop out of high school, or do not enroll in college.
Dr. Anderson will talk about the importance educating students of color. Why it is a problem and what can be done to insure that all students receive a quality education.
Presenter: Members of the Movimiento Estudialtil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM Members of the Movimiento Estudialtil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) will present a history of the Chicano Movement that was born out of the 1960's Civil Rights Movement. Covered will be the birth of the MEChA and the plan de Aztlan will be reviewed in historical reference.
Presenter: The Boise chapter of the NAACP Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM The Boise chapter of the NAACP will provide some historical information of the NAACP nationally and locally. Participants will have a chance to ask questions.
Presenter: Nikki Giovanni Event Type: Keynote Location: Morrison Center Time: 7:00 - 9:15 PM Nikki Giovanni, Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech, is a Black American poet, essayist and lecturer whose work influenced many throughout the Black Arts Movement of the '60s and '70s. Her poetry is renowned for promoting racial equality, and its urgency in calling Black people to realize their identities and their rights.
Presenter: BSU Volunteer Services Board Event Type: Service Opportunity Location: SUB Dining Stage Time: 9:00 - 9:30 AM Free Breakfast
Presenter: Dr. Will Rainford Event Type: Educational Session Location: Barnwell Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM How do Christian values play into human rights issues? Join Dr. Rainford as he talks about Christian responsibility.
Presenter: Diverse Perspectives Film Series Event Type: Film Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM The story of three countries that forcefully banished African American families from their towns 100 years ago and the descendents who return to learn a shocking history.
Presenter: Joaquin Zihuatanejo and Natasha Carrizosa Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 3:15 - 5:00 PM
How do professional poet/spoken word artists get started? How do they perform so well? What tricks do they use on stage? Come and find out free tips on how to succeed on stage, increase your creative output, and perform/write/speak better poetry!
Presented by KWEI Spanish Radio
Presenter: Joaquin Zihuatanejo and Natasha Carrizosa Event Type: Poerty Slam Location: SUB Hatch Ballroom Time: 6:00 Sign Ups Begin (limited to 15)6:30 - Slam starts8:00 -9:30 Featured Poets Joaquin Zihuatanejo Poet, spoken word artist, and award-winning English teacher, Joaquin Zihuatanejo is also an HBO Def Poet and a National Poetry Slam Finalist, and he has even shared the stage with Maya Angelou. Known as "one of the most dynamic performance poets in the country," his art depicts his life - subjects that include a youth plagued by gang violence. Poet/writer and slam artist Natasha Carrizosa celebrates her dual heritage of African and Mexican-American by weaving an intoxicating blend of cultures, languages and impressions into her writing. In addition to her work appearing in Rhapsody and Our Texas magazines, she is also the author of the spoken word CD Mejiafricana.
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Presenter: Dr. Jill Gill Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Farnsworth Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AM This presentation on the politics of race will explore the policies and laws that kept people of color from obtaining loans, property and essentially equality. These programs, although not called affirmative actions for Whites, were exactly what they were.
Presenter: Dr. Martin Cutler and Intertribal Native Council Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM The plight of the Native American has always been an uncomfortable subject with mainstream America. Join this discussion about dispelling the exoticized Indian brave myth and learn about the real issues that Native Americans are having in the country, city and campus.
Presenter: Leo Morales Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM There are people today in Idaho that are asked for paperwork in order to prove their citizenship. Immigration Raids and the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) have created a nightmare for Latinos in this country. Find out what happens and how families are being torn apart.
Presenter: Dr. Alexandra Delis-Abrams Event Type: Keynote Location: CANCELED Time: CANCELED This event has been canceled due to inclement weather.
Presenter: Wendy Turner Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM People with disabilities face some hard challenges in their everyday life, including being invisible and having to deal with abled bodied peopleﾒs attitudes. Wendy Turner, the director of the Boise State University Disabilities Resource Center discusses how you can help.
Presenter: Amy Herzfeld and Dallas Gudgell Event Type: Educational Session Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
"Human Rights Framework: Understanding Multiple Oppressions through one Lens"
Join the executive director and board leader of the Idaho Human Rights Education Center for an interactive dialogue on the history and political utility of the human rights framework, a multi-issue organizing tool.
Presenter: Cherie Buckner-Webb Event Type: Workshop Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM $5 students $10 non-student individual $15 couple (domestic partners) Continental Breakfast will be included.
Presented by Ada County Human Rights Task Force
Affirming that all persons have equal worth and dignity, the Ada County Human Rights Task Force is a collective voice and resource supporting human rights throughout Idaho.
Cherie Buckner-Webb
An accomplished gospel, jazz and blues vocalist, longtime Boise resident Cherie Buckner-Webb also uses her voice to promote human rights and raise awareness about diversity and inclusion. Respected in the Treasure Valley for her community involvement, she is the recipient of the 2000 HP Distinguished Leadership in Human Rights Award.
Presenter: Diverse Perspectives Film Series Event Type: Film Location: SUB - Lookout Room Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM Explore the high stakes involved in the quest to harness the potential of stem cell medicine.
Presenter: Dr. Alexandra Delis-Abrams Event Type: Educational Session Location: SPEC Time: 7:00 ﾖ 9:00 The inspiring documentary addresses the subject of HATE by searching out the origins of how it is "taught and learned," the scope of its danger beginning with childhood taunting to murder. Viewers are invited to take a stand against HATE and create their own vision of a world free of HATE, where senseless acts of violence are a thing of the past.
Presenter: Rep. Nicole LeFavour Event Type: Educational Session Location: SPEC Stage Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM In Idaho LGBT people can still be legally fired from our jobs, denied housing and child custody. Idahoans increasingly support equal rights and treatment for LGBT people but the state law is far behind. Find out the results of recent Idaho polls on attitudes towards LGBT people. Also learn the many ways discrimination affects the daily lives of members of this community and what is being done this year to achieve equality in Idaho.
Presenter: Diverse Perspectives Film Series Event Type: Film Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM An intimate documentary that goes behind the scenes with Africaﾒs first freely elected female head of state.
Presenter: Diverse Perspectives Film Series Event Type: Film Location: SUB - Bishop Barnwell Room Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM America's first post 9/11 hate crime murder punctuated a wave of violence personalized in this intimate story of tragedy and the American Dream.
