Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Campus to Host MLK Series of Events

Haile T. Debas

The campus community is invited to participate in a series of events designed to honor the life and legacy of the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

All events and programs are planned and sponsored by the 2007 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee and funded by the Cultural Enrichment Fund.

Haile T. Debas, MD, UCSF chancellor emeritus and executive director of Global Health Sciences at UCSF, will deliver the keynote address, titled “Challenges and Opportunities in Global Health,” on Wednesday, Jan. 17, from noon to 1 p.m. in Health Sciences West (HSW), room 300, on the Parnassus campus.

Postcard Project

This year, MLK festivities include the Postcard Project, which aims to foster campus connections across the world. The project consists of creating postcards (crafting the front of preprinted MLK commemorative cards) and mailing them to people around the world in an effort to share messages of inspiration and support with those who fight for human rights, civil rights and the well being of their communities.

The project will kick off on Thursday, Jan. 11, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building lobby on the Parnassus campus.

Throughout the first three weeks of January 2007, particularly during the weeklong celebration of MLK Week, January 12 through 19, postcard-making tables will be set up at various campus locations. Tables will be stocked with art and writing supplies to provide an opportunity for members of the campus community to design MLK commemorative postcards. MLK postcards also will be available for those who are interested in setting up their own postcard design gatherings with friends, family or co-workers to create messages of justice, unity and world peace. Please note that since postcards will be mailed, the right half of the preprinted side should be left blank to allow for addressing information and postage.

Postcards will be displayed during the month of January and then mailed to prisoners, soldiers, hospital patients, the homeless, injured veterans, and human rights activists and their families. Postcards will be gathered at the postcard-making tables or at the Student Activity Center in Millberry Union, room 108W, by Friday, Jan. 19, at 5 p.m.

Schedule of Events

Here is the full schedule of events for the 2007 MLK celebration at UCSF:

* Thursday, Jan. 11: Postcard Art Project Kickoff, noon to 1 p.m., Medical Sciences
Building lobby, Parnassus campus.
* Tuesday, Jan. 16: Annual MLK Awards Ceremony, noon to 2 p.m., Millberry Gym,
Parnassus campus. The MLK awardees are Rene Salazar, MD, Alice Wong and Hamdan
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* Wednesday,
Jan. 17: Haile Debas will deliver the keynote address, “Challenges
and Opportunities in Global Health,” noon to 1 p.m., HSW 300, Parnassus campus.
* Wednesday,
Jan. 17: Arts & Events presents Bobbie “Spider” Webb, who will play
the saxophone from noon to 1 p.m., San Francisco General Hospital Medical
Center cafeteria. Light refreshments will be served.
* Thursday,
Jan. 18: The Chancellor’s Concert Series features the Navarro Trio,
including Jeremy Constant on violin, Jill Brindel on cello and Marilyn Thompson
on piano, who will perform Saint-Saens Trio No. 1 in F major, noon to 1 p.m.
Millberry Union Conference Center, Parnassus campus.
* Thursday,
Jan. 18: Arts & Events presents Bobbie “Spider” Webb, who will play
the saxophone from noon to 1 p.m., the View, Laurel Heights building. Light
refreshments will be served.
* Thursday,
Jan. 18: Arts & Events presents the movie, Chisholm 72: Unbought
& Unbossed at 6 p.m., Genentech Hall Auditorium, Mission Bay campus.
* Friday,
Jan. 19: Arts & Events present Bobby “Spider” Webb, who will play
the saxophone from noon to 1 p.m., Carmelina’s Café, Mission Center Building.
Light refreshments will be served.
* Friday,
Jan. 19: Arts & Events presents the movie, Chisholm 72: Unbought
& Unbossed at 6 p.m., Nursing building, room 225, Parnassus campus. Guest
speaker San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty will introduce the film.
* Wednesday,
Jan. 24: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Staff Group present the
movie Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,
Mission Bay Housing Complex Community Room, Mission Bay campus. A reception
will follow in the Mission Bay Pub after the screening of the film.