Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Creighton
Chris Rodgers
University Communications and Marketing
MLK@creighton.edu
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
402-280-1787
All events will be held via Zoom.
Monday, January 18 |
10 a.m. | MLK Jr. Day Roundtable Panel Discussion Moderator: - Joshua Fershée, JD
Dean of the School of Law
Panelists: - Jacqueline Font-Guzmán, PhD, JD, MHA
Professor of Law and Conflict Studies
Director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program - Sangeetha A. Kumar, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Director for Student Care and Outreach
Student Counseling Services - Raneta Lawson Mack, JD
Skinner Family Distinguished Professor of Law
School of Law - Christopher Rodgers, MBA, MPA
Director of Community and Government Relations - Christopher Whitt, PhD
Vice Provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion - Mardell Wilson, EdD
Provost Download the Roundtable Panel Discussion here. |
Noon | Virtual MLK Mass from St. John's Church
Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, and the Rev. Nicholas Santos, SJ, PhD, will concelebrate, and Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ, PsyD, will offer a reflection
Stream the Mass live |
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Tuesday, January 19 |
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | MLK Unity Prayer Celebration and Recognition
 Speaker: Barry Thomas
Barry Thomas is director of equity and diversity for Omaha Public Schools in Nebraska. He has served in prior roles as supervisor of social studies and a teacher. Thomas was among the inaugural class of African American leaders to participate in the Empowerment Network?s Redefine the Game Institute in 2018 and now he has joined Inclusive Community's inaugural group of Lead Diversity advocates. He is also an executive board member of the Omaha Branch of the NAACP.
Download the MLK Unity Program here. |
3-4:30 p.m. | National Day of Racial Healing: How Did Racism Show Up in 2020?
Panel presentation and interactive campus/community discussion Creighton University, in partnership with the Omaha Community Council for Racial Justice and Reconciliation, is hosting its second annual observance of the National Day of Racial Healing. All students, staff, faculty members, and local community members are invited to participate in this dialogue.
Panelists will share how racism showed up for them in 2020. Facilitated breakout groups on this subject will follow the panel presentation. Campus and community leaders will also give brief remarks. Registration is required.
The National Day of Racial Healing was started by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2017 to facilitate 'experiences rooted in truth-telling, offering people, organizations and communities a day set aside for racial healing, bringing people together to take collective action for a more just and equitable world.' It is always held the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed. |
