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We’re just a few days away from two major RIT signature programs happening this month!
Let Freedom Ring is taking place on Monday, January 19th in Ingle Auditorium. Come join students, staff, faculty and RIT leadership as we collectively reflect on the life of Nobel Peace Prize Winner and civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our keynote speaker is RIT School of Communication Professor Dr. Nickesia Gordon, and our emcee is Cameron Bennett, president of the Caribbean Student Association. The program runs from 10:30 am until 11:30 am. You’re invited to join us for a reception in Fireside Lounge immediately after. You may also choose to watch a screening of the film American Revolution in Mosaic Center from12:30pm until 2pm or attend a meeting of the Book Club, with the selection, Silencing the Past beginning at 12:30pm.
On Thursday, January 29th come hear New York Times bestselling author and Princeton Professor Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr, who will deliver the keynote address at Expressions of King’s Legacy program in Gordon Field House. This is the 44th year RIT has held this event in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It begins at noon and runs until 2pm.
Glaude is the author of several books including Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own as well as We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For.
He frequently appears on MS NOW as a guest commentator and is a columnist for TIME Magazine. RIT student Naveedah Adegoke, president of the Black Awareness Coordinating Committee (BACC), will serve as emcee and you won’t want to miss a musical performance with artist and composer, Ryan Johnson, of “The Ryan Johnson Project.”