{"id":14096,"date":"2021-01-11T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=14096"},"modified":"2022-03-21T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:00:32","slug":"martin-luther-king-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/martin-luther-king-jr-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Highlights K&#8217;s Virtual Plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14105\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14105\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/D-L-Stewart-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote speaker Dr. D-L Stewart\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/D-L-Stewart-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/D-L-Stewart-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/D-L-Stewart-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/D-L-Stewart.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. D-L Stewart &#8217;95 will deliver a virtual keynote Monday, January 18, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A renowned professor,\u00a0author,\u00a0scholar, activist,\u00a0TED Talk speaker\u00a0and Kalamazoo College alumnus\u00a0will help K celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a virtual event\u00a0at 11 a.m.\u00a0on\u00a0Monday,\u00a0January\u00a018.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado State University\u00a0School of Education Professor Dr. D-L Stewart\u00a0\u201995\u00a0focuses\u00a0on empowering and imagining futures that sustain and cultivate the learning, growth and success of minoritized groups in postsecondary education.\u00a0His work is motivated by an ethic of love grounded in justice and informed by the lived experiences of individuals with multiple marginalities, along with the effects of systems of oppression.\u00a0Stewart\u00a0will deliver a keynote titled\u00a0&#8220;I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The address\u00a0will\u00a0share a title with a song performed by Nina Simone\u00a0in\u00a0the 1970s,\u00a0a time when\u00a0any gains from the Civil Rights Movement, led by many including King, were\u00a0threatened\u00a0with a white flight to the suburbs, protests against school desegregation in northern urban cities and the beginnings of mass incarceration.\u00a0Stewart will compare those times to our current times and note many similarities.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which\u00a0is open to the public, will include an opening address and introduction from Asia Smith \u201921.\u00a0Access the event at the scheduled time\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/93404987108?pwd=WnU0MjhTRE1UNWxYQWJtbWtOaUxOdz09\">here through Zoom<\/a>. 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