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Update: On December 9, it was announced to the campus community that Dr. Mary Frances Berry would be the keynote speaker at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation on January 20, 2000. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling conflict, Dr. Berry will not be able to attend the convocation. Another speaker is now being sought and an announcement will be made in early January. Thank you, Trink Praxel, Convener Planning Committee for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation December 9, 1999 To: UCSC Campus Community From: Trink Praxel, Convener Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation Planning Committee Re: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation and Panel Discussion with Special Guest, Dr. Mary Frances Berry UCSC's 16th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. The convocation celebrates the life and dream of the late civil rights leader by reaffirming the human ideals of freedom, justice, community and opportunity. Additionally, the convocation seeks to build partnerships, create connections and develop dialogue within the campus community and with local communities served by the University. The convocation is free of charge and open to the public, no tickets required. The planning committee is pleased to announce that this year's convocation keynote speaker will be the chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Dr. Mary Frances Berry. This year's convocation program will again include an opportunity to participate in a more in-depth and interactive exchange with Dr. Berry through a panel discussion on Wednesday, January 19, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. at the UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage. This event is also free of charge and open to the public. Dr. Mary Frances Berry has been chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission since 1993 and is currently the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania. An historian, educator, and author, Dr. Berry was active in the civil rights movement while earning her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. While chancellor of the University of Colorado, Boulder, she took a leave to serve as Assistant Secretary for Education in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare during the Carter administration. Appointed to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in 1980, she successfully sued President Reagan in 1984, preventing him from firing her from the Commission. Recipient of the NAACP's Roy Wilkins Award and the Rosa Parks Award of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, she has authored several books including The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice (1999), Black Resistance White Law: A History of Constitutional Racism in America (1995) and Black Self-Determination: A Cultural History of African-American Resistance (1993). The Wednesday night panel discussion will give the on- and off-campus communities an opportunity to interact more directly and informally with this thought-provoking keynote speaker. The panel will consist of Dr. Berry and additional featured guests to be announced in January. The primary discussion topic will be: the economic impact of the civil rights movement on African American communities. We welcome anyone who is interested to provide suggestions to the Convocation Planning Committee as we formulate the programmatic and logistical details of this event in the coming weeks, or to volunteer to assist during the two-day program. Please feel free to contact me at 459-2941 or at trink@cats.ucsc.edu. Thank you for your interest and assistance. Please mark you calendar for the above dates, and watch for more details in early January.
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