To: The Nazareth College Community
From: Daan Braveman, President
Date: November 29, 2008
Subject: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, January 19, 2009
Nazareth College’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be on Monday, January 19, 2009. The Director of Multicultural Affairs, Mrs. Gaynelle Wethers, has responsibility for coordinating the evening events, while the Campus Ministry staff has responsibility for coordinating transportation to the City Memorial Service, and for organizing the Campus Memorial Service with the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Nazareth College will provide transportation for students who wish to participate in Rochester’s City Memorial Service at 9:00 a.m. Students may be excused from class in order to participate and will be expected to notify faculty, in advance, of their intended absence from class. For transportation services, please contact Campus Ministry (Ext. 2303).
A memorial service arranged by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee will be held in the Linehan Chapel. Undergraduate and graduate classes will be suspended during that period: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend the memorial service and reception.
The evening event in the Linehan Chapel will feature a lecture by Dr. James Cone, the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He attended Shorter College (1954-56) and holds a B.A. degree from Philander Smith College (1958). In 1961, he received a Master of Divinity degree from Garrett Theological Seminary and later earned an M.A. (1963) and Ph.D. (1965) from Northwestern University. Dr. Cone has been conferred eight (8) honorary degrees, including a Doctor of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (2000).
He is the author of eleven (11) books and over 150 articles and has lectured at more than 1,000 universities and community organizations throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. He is best known for his ground-breaking works, Black Theology & Black Power (1969) and A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), God of the Oppressed (1975) and for Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare? (1991). His most recent publication is Risks of Faith (1999).
The evening lecture begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Linehan Chapel in the Golisano Academic Center.
Thank you for your support.