Dates:  Monday, February 2nd – Friday, February 6th

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Monday – “Know Yourself" - Presentation by Amy Roloff

Event:              AMY ROLOFF of TLC's Little People, Big World will be speaking about the importance of "knowing yourself" -- your strengths, weaknesses, passions, biases, experiences, etc. -- when acting and serving as a leader. She will discuss her personal leadership perspective and how knowing herself has helped her be a leader as a teacher, soccer coach, mom, woman, and little person.

Date:                Monday, February 2nd

Location:          Rudder Auditorium

Time:               7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30pm)

Cost:                FREE!!!

 

Tuesday – “Raunch Culture”

Event:  Theresa Survillion, from the Department of Multicultural Services, will facilitate an interactive lecture/discussion in wake of the "Girls Gone Wild" phenomenon and its impact on college culture and college women. Ms. Survillion will explore the question of what true empowerment means for women today.

Date:                Tuesday, February 3rd

Location:           MSC 206

Time:                7:00 PM

Wednesday – “White Students & Backstage Racism: The Problems and Solutions"

Event:               Dr. Joe Feagin, a well-published author in the area of racism and white privilege, a much-respected and leading scholar, and member of the Texas A&M faculty (Sociology), will be giving a lecture on white privilege and "backstage racism." This program examines another angle of understanding racism in America and is based on some of the research he's done on how prevalent racist actions are in our society and how to stand up to them.

Date:                Wednesday, February 4th

Location:           MSC 206

Time:                7:00 PM

Thursday – “Civil Dialogue"

Event:               This event features a showing of the movie "The Great Debaters", featuring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker and will have a faculty-led discussion about the effectiveness of nonviolent, civil discourse. This day's programming was developed in light of the events during the fall semester that prompted the need to engage in civil dialogue to discuss current issues and events.

Date:                Thursday, February 5th

Location:           Koldus 144

Time:                4:00 PM

Additional Event:       Guest Speaker Emily Raboteau, sponsored by Africana Studies

Date:                             Thursday, February 5th

Location:                       J. Wayne Stark Galleries

 

Friday – “Classism and Meritocracy"

Event:               Hunger Banquet and Free Lunch

Date:                Friday, February 6th

Location:           Sbisa Dining Hall

Time:                12:30 PM