1/23/2018 Mitchell S. Jackson, The Other America II

January 23, 2018
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Sage Chapel

2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Commemoration Event, sponsored by Office of Academic Initiatives, Cornell United Religious Work, Latina/o Studies Program, Cornell Prison Education Program, Greater Ithaca Activities Center, Multicultural Resources Center.

Tuesday, January 23 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Sage Chapel, Cornell University

This annual Commemoration event brings the Cornell campus and Ithaca communities together through a series of events centered on the service, activism, and legacy of Dr. King. This year’s keynote speaker isMitchell S. Jackson, the award-winning author and filmmaker of “The Residue Years” and a prominent advocate for criminal justice reform. He is a faculty member at New York University, in addition to a fellow with TED, the Lannan Foundation, and the Bread Loaf Conference. “The Other America II” building off of King’s 1967 speech, “The Other America” at Stanford University.  RSVP is encouraged ( https://goo.gl/FUSw35).  For more information contact Rochelle Jackson-Smarr, rj249@cornell.edu.