Symposium to reflect on Dr. King's legacy and examine education in Baltimore "Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate."
-Martin Luther King, Jr. Loyola College in Maryland will host “The Beloved Community: Hope for the City,” its 2007 Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. The event, designed to offer participants a day of reflection on Dr. King’s legacy and an opportunity to examine education issues relevant to Baltimore, will take place at St. Frances Academy, an independent, co-educational Catholic high school at 501 East Chase Street in Baltimore.
The symposium will feature addresses by Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt, professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University and author of Blessed are the Peacemakers: A Theological Analysis of the Thought of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dr. Alan Shaw, an assistant professor of Computer Science at Kennesaw State University and Executive Director of Linking Up Villages, a non-profit organization that provides community network software as well as assessment, training and proposal writing consultation services. Dr. Shaw is also a consultant for the Algebra Project, an organization that has developed an innovative, project-based mathematics curriculum designed for schools that serve low-income populations.
In addition to Rev. Dr. Hunt’s and Dr. Shaw’s remarks, the symposium will also include breakout sessions on the parallels between Jesuit philosophy and Rev. Dr. King’s philosophy; women in the Civil Rights Movement; school funding advocacy; the pedagogy of math and other topics. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and the symposium will close with a final reflection led by Rev. Kevin Gillespie., S.J., of Loyola’s Pastoral Counseling department.
There is no cost associated with this symposium, but participants must register. For more information or to register, please visit www.loyola.edu/mlksymposium or call 410-617-5353. The event is co-sponsored by the College’s "Putting Justice in Education" series, a three-year-old initiative that strives to examine the equity of educational opportunities at the local and national level; the Office of Student Development and the Year of the City.
Persons with disabilities who may require special services should contact the Office of Disability Support Services at 410-617-2062 or (TDD) 410-617-2141 at least 48 hours prior to the event. |
