Step Afrika! Kicks Off November Values, Ideas And The Arts Series At Manchester
October 27, 2021 at 9:14 p.m.
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All presentations are at 11 a.m. Mondays in Cordier Auditorium on the North Manchester campus. They are free and open to the public. Masks and social distancing are required.
Some performances will be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/ManchesterUniv. Check the schedule at www.manchester.edu/academics/VIA for viewing updates.
Monday, Nov. 1 Step Afrika! will blend percussive dance styles practiced at historically Black colleges; traditional African dances; and an array of contemporary dance and art forms.
Nov. 8, the Rev. Steve Miller of the Truth & Reconciliation Oral History Project will speak about the power of spoken and documented words to heal and create spiritual and social change.
Nov. 15, Manchester University Success advisor Chasity Lucio, a member of the Mi'kmaq Nation, will share what it is like to negotiate two lives, one being part of a collective community/culture and the other being in the Midwest. November is Native American Heritage Month.
Nov. 22, Martin Garcia Chavez, a 2016 Manchester graduate, will speak about his experience at MU and how it has helped him refine and fulfill his dream as a chemist. He is a senior scientist I at Medicinal Chemistry AbbVie, a pharmaceutical company in Illinois.
Nov. 29, Lucas Al-Zoughbi, a doctoral student and University Distinguished Fellow at Michigan State University, will share his experiences and offers an introduction to the Palestinian struggle against Israeli settler-colonialism. He graduated from Manchester in 2017.
The series wraps up for the semester on Dec. 6 with a presentation by Manchester University archivist Jeanine Wine. Her presentation connects the stories of people such as Andrew Cordier, Esther Hamer and Jean Childs Young to Manchester's mission and values.
All presentations are at 11 a.m. Mondays in Cordier Auditorium on the North Manchester campus. They are free and open to the public. Masks and social distancing are required.
Some performances will be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/ManchesterUniv. Check the schedule at www.manchester.edu/academics/VIA for viewing updates.
Monday, Nov. 1 Step Afrika! will blend percussive dance styles practiced at historically Black colleges; traditional African dances; and an array of contemporary dance and art forms.
Nov. 8, the Rev. Steve Miller of the Truth & Reconciliation Oral History Project will speak about the power of spoken and documented words to heal and create spiritual and social change.
Nov. 15, Manchester University Success advisor Chasity Lucio, a member of the Mi'kmaq Nation, will share what it is like to negotiate two lives, one being part of a collective community/culture and the other being in the Midwest. November is Native American Heritage Month.
Nov. 22, Martin Garcia Chavez, a 2016 Manchester graduate, will speak about his experience at MU and how it has helped him refine and fulfill his dream as a chemist. He is a senior scientist I at Medicinal Chemistry AbbVie, a pharmaceutical company in Illinois.
Nov. 29, Lucas Al-Zoughbi, a doctoral student and University Distinguished Fellow at Michigan State University, will share his experiences and offers an introduction to the Palestinian struggle against Israeli settler-colonialism. He graduated from Manchester in 2017.
The series wraps up for the semester on Dec. 6 with a presentation by Manchester University archivist Jeanine Wine. Her presentation connects the stories of people such as Andrew Cordier, Esther Hamer and Jean Childs Young to Manchester's mission and values.
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