{"id":5777,"date":"2023-02-01T02:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=5777"},"modified":"2023-02-01T02:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:24:45","slug":"slavery-to-freedom-celebrating-black-history-with-art-speakers-events-at-msu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/slavery-to-freedom-celebrating-black-history-with-art-speakers-events-at-msu\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavery to Freedom: Celebrating Black history with art, speakers, events at MSU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EAST LANSING: When Marley Dias<\/em> was 11 years old, she started a movement to increase the representation of Black girls as lead characters in books. Her\u00a0#1000BlackGirlBooks<\/a>\u00a0movement has gained national attention and has collected more than 13,000 books.<\/p>\n

Dias will kick off the 23rd annual\u00a0Dr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series, Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0presented by the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine<\/em>, and named in honor of William G. Anderson, the series\u00a0honors Anderson\u2019s legacy as a trailblazer in the Civil Rights Movement<\/em>, as the first African American member and president of the American Osteopathic Association Board of Trustees<\/em> and for his contributions to the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018Slavery to Freedom\u2019<\/em> series is an annual opportunity to reflect on the richness of our histories and herstories\u00a0while also preparing ourselves for freedom movements and justice work now and in the future,\u201d said Marita Gilbert<\/em>, associate Dean of Diversity and Campus Inclusion<\/em> at the college and leader of the \u201cDr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series, Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey\u201d\u00a0<\/em>series programming.<\/p>\n

Ms. Dias\u2019 work is a great example of how everyone can make a difference and contribute to the justice movement. We want our community to see what the freedom movement can look like right now and to contribute as active participants in the movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why this year, in addition to the speaker events, the series is going out into the greater community. Detroit-based artist Darnell Kendricks<\/em> will share\u00a0This Joy That I Have,<\/em>\u00a0an artwork piece he created specifically for the series.<\/p>\n

The piece, he said, was inspired by civil rights leaders and the event itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe positioning of the sun on the same level as the people represents timeliness, and the red cardinal spiritually represents that someone who has passed on is looking in on those here and helps us to know who we are and what we are in the living world including those that were in our lives in the past,\u201d Kendricks said.<\/p>\n

In addition, the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine is hosting a book drive to collect 1,000 books featuring Black girls as the main character to share with children in the community via local Reading is Fundamental efforts and small lending libraries, as well as small events with local groups.<\/p>\n

The new community lending libraries are possible thanks to the support and partnership of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters, which supplied the materials and built the libraries. Community members can\u00a0support the book drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Series Events and Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teen empowering event<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 2 Waverly Middle School (620 Snow Road, Lansing)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marley Dias, creator of\u00a0#1000BlackGirlBooks<\/a>, joins Waverly Community Schools and\u00a0Grit, Glam and Guts<\/a>, in an empowering event for girls. GGG is a Lansing-area organization focused on empowering teen girls to gain higher self-awareness, develop a healthy self-identity and recognize and engage in the power of their voice. The event \u2014 by invite only \u2014 will include 6th to 8th grade girls from Waverly Community Schools and 10th to 12th grade students from the GGG Lansing Chapter. Media is invited to join\u00a0at 11:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

Marley Dias<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m., Pasant Theatre at Wharton Center for Performing Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Activist, author, and creator of\u00a0#1000BlackGirlBooks<\/a>,<\/u>\u00a0Dias will give the keynote to kick off the series. In addition to collecting over 13,000 children\u2019s books featuring Black girls as the lead character, she wrote \u201cMarley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!,\u201d was named one of the 24 most influential teens of 2018 by TIME and also was named the youngest member of the\u00a0Forbes 30 Under 30<\/a>. Today, Dias is a student at Harvard University and is the executive producer and host of \u201cBookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices\u201d on Netflix.
\nAngela Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m.,\u00a0Pasant Theatre at Wharton Center for Performing Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angela Davis is a university educator well-known for her activism, scholarship and focus on building \u201ccommunities of struggle for economic, racial and gender justice.\u201d She is the author of 11 books and is\u00a0known for helping\u00a0to popularize the notion of a \u201cprison industrial complex,\u201d urging others to think about a world without prison systems.<\/p>\n

Freeman Hrabowski<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 23 at 5 p.m., Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center auditorium<\/strong>
\nFreeman Hrabowski served as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, from 1992-2022. He also co-founded the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, received the American Council on Education\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and a $1.5 billion pledge from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, HHMI, to support early career scientists and increase diversity in STEM through the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program.<\/p>\n

The 2023 \u201cDr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series, Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey\u201d speaker events are free and open to the public, but\u00a0registration<\/a>\u00a0is required.<\/p>\n

More information about the series and how to participate in the events and book drive is available\u00a0at \u00a0msu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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