Creighton University

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Office News...

The New Issue of our Newsletter is available, please click here to view it!

New Office Initiatives for 2011-2012 can be found here!

Click here for more information on the Migrant Journey Service Learning Petition for Sheepherders of Colorado! 

Enchiladas Still Available! (Markoe Leadership Program Fundraiser)

The Office of Multicultural Affairs would like to thank you for your support of our office and the  Fr. John Markoe, S.J. Leadership Program in their fundraiser to enhance student leadership development!

We are nearing our sales goal.  We have a few left:
- 20 dozen Beef and Cheese
- 25 dozen Cheese only 

Frozen enchiladas will be available for purchase in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Harper Building, Room 3006 while they last!

Great for winter break meals and Game Day snacks.

Price: $20 per dozen $12 per ½ dozen.

Please call (402) 280-2459 to reserve your order or stop by Harper 3006 anytime Monday-Friday from 8:00am - 4:00pm.

January Events:

Creighton Celebrates Life of Martin Luther King Jr. with Week of Activities

"Everyone Counts" is the theme of a weeklong series of events which will be held at Creighton University Jan. 16-20 to celebrate the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration highlights include: an award presentation and remarks by Creighton president, Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.,; a unity prayer luncheon with keynote speaker Joseph A. Brown, S.J., Ph.D., professor and director of Black American Studies, Southern Illinois University; a film presentation "Bringing King to China;" and a noon concert on Friday, Jan. 20. These events take place on campus and are free and open to the public. Click here for a complete schedule. If you would like to attend the unity luncheon, please reserve your ticket (click here) by Jan. 11.

January 16, 2012
Omaha Table Talk
2012 MLK Event
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Harper Center, Ahmanson Ballroom C
Do you enjoy having good conversation over "FREE FOOD" Well we want your participation in the University's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration!! The Omaha Table Talk promotes informal gatherings of people of different races and cultures. Through this experience, participants will discuss their differences, discover their similarities, develop new friendships, and appreciate the gifts everyone brings to the table
**Must RSVP by January 12, 2011
Reservations required for this event-mlking@creighton.edu (hurry space is limited)

January 16, 2012Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Recognition Ceremony2012 MLK Event4:00 - 5:00 p.mHarper Center, Hixson-Lied AuditoriumThis event is hosted by Fr. Lannon and will include the MLK essay and poster contest by our Adopt-A-School students, Creighton MLK student leadership awards, and President?s MLK Legacy Award. This event will celebrate and honor the rich diversity of Creighton as well as the Omaha community.Free and open to the public.

 
January 18, 2012
Unity Prayer Luncheon
2012 MLK Event
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m
Harper Center, Ahmanson Ballroom
The luncheon will feature Father Joseph A. Brown, as the keynote speaker. Father Brown is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
**Must RSVP by January 12, 2011
Reservations required for this event please click here to RSVP Online or contact mlking@creighton.edu 

 
January 19, 2011
DiversiTea!
2:00pm-4:00pm
Skutt Center Drawing Room and Fireplace
Join Inter Residence Hall Government (IRHG), Multicultural Advisory Council (MAC), and others in sampling teas from all over the world.

 
January 19, 2011
Bringing King to China Documentary Screening (85 minutes)
2012 MLK Event
7:00pm-9:00 pm
Harper Auditorium
Bringing King to China is a father's "love letter" to his adult daughter, a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream of nonviolence to China, and then back to the United States. Her life is thrown into turmoil when she learns, mistakenly, that her father, a journalist covering the war in Iraq, has been killed by a suicide bomber. There will be a post-screening dialogue with film director Kevin McKiernan and the film?s protagonist, Caitrin McKierman. This screening is sponsored by the Justice & Peace Studies Program, Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee, Asian World Center, Center for Service & Justice, Graff Chair in Catholic Theology, Inter Residence Hall Government Diversity & Leadership Committee, Jacobsen Chair in Communications, Kenefick Chair in the Humanities, Kripke Center for the Study of Religion & Society, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Werner Institute for Negotiation & Dispute Resolution

January 20, 2012
Cake and Choir
2012 MLK Event
Noon (12:00pm)
Skutt Student Center, Fireplace Lounge
This event will be more than just a showcase of musicians and choirs. In addition to enjoying the diversity of music, we will have an opportunity for attendees to view, discuss and answer our themed question of the week: What are you doing for others? What opportunities do we in the Creighton community have to make a positive impact? in terms of families, neighborhoods, schools and jobs? on the neighborhood around Creighton?
Free and open to the public.

Additional multicultural events hosted by other departments can be found by clicking on Creighton's Diversity Calendar!