2013 mlk peace breakfast: a public conversation with dr. vincent harding
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Program for the annual MLK Peace Breakfast at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Designed by Jonathan Lancaster and the Student Media Creative Team.TRANSCRIPT
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.2013 PEACE BREAKFASTMARTIN LUTHER KING JR.2013 PEACE BREAKFAST
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.2013 PEACE BREAKFASTMARTIN LUTHER KING JR.2013 PEACE BREAKFAST
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““Dead men make such convenient
heroes
Dead men make such convenient
heroes
Dead men make such convenient
heroes Carl Wendell Hines Jr.“A Dead Man’s Dream”
MUSIC SELECTIONColorado Movement
OPENINGPaulette McIntosh — Co-Chair, Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Breakfast
MASTER OF CEREMONIESTamara Banks — Emmy Award-Winning Journalist
INVOCATIONPastor Anitha Jones — For His Glory Christian Fellowship
WELCOME REMARKSDr. Vicki L. Golich — Provost, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
EXPRESSION OF PEACEDominique Christina Ashaheed — Peace Celebrant
A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION Dr. Vincent Harding — Professor Emeritus of Religion and Social Transformation, Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver
MUSIC SELECTIONColorado Movement
AWARDS PRESENTATIONTamara Banks
SPOKEN WORDDominique Christina Ashaheed
WE HAVE WORK TO DODr. Vincent Harding
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / CLOSING REMARKSTamara Banks
BENEDICTIONImam Abdur-Rahim Ali — North Denver Islamic Center
Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav — Wisdom House Denver: A Center for Multifaith Dialogue and Spiritual Inquiry
“WE SHALL OVERCOME”Colorado Movement
We Shall OvercomeWe Shall OvercomeWe Shall OvercomeWe shall overcomeWe shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:Oh, deep in my heart
I do believeWe shall overcome some dayWe shall overcome some day
We’ll walk hand in handWe’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand some dayCHORUS
We shall all be freeWe shall all be free
We shall all be free some dayWe shall all be free some dayCHORUS
We shall overcomeWe shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:Oh, deep in my heart
I do believeWe shall overcome some day
We shall overcomeWe shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:Oh, deep in my heart
I do believeWe shall overcome some dayWe shall overcome some day
We’ll walk hand in handWe’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand some dayCHORUS
We shall all be freeWe shall all be free
We shall all be free some day
We shall overcome some day
We’ll walk hand in handWe’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand some dayCHORUS
We shall all be freeWe shall all be free
We shall all be free some day
We shall overcomeWe shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:Oh, deep in my heart
I do believeWe shall overcome some dayWe shall overcome some day
We’ll walk hand in handWe’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand some dayCHORUS
We shall all be freeWe shall all be free
We shall all be free some dayWe shall all be free some dayCHORUS
We shall all be free some dayCHORUS
We shall overcome some day
We’ll walk hand in handWe’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand some dayCHORUS
We shall all be freeWe shall all be free
We shall all be free some dayWe shall all be free some dayCHORUS
Dr. Karen J. Thorpe, then-assistant vice president of Student Affairs, initiated the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Breakfast. On Jan. 15, 1992, about 50 campus and community people gathered in the old Student Union (now Plaza) to celebrate Dr. King’s life and legacy. The Office of Institutional Diversity serves as the official sponsor. We thank Dr. Thorpe for inspiring one of MSU Denver’s most important events.
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2012 Candace Johnson Lisa Ingarfield Bennie Williams Marie Louise Anderson Greenwood2011 Opalanga Pugh Aaron Smith Dr. Mary Ann Watson Gerie Grimes2010 Marziya Kaka Gloria J. Burns Dr. AnnJanette Alejano-Steele John Parvensky Leon Kelly2009 Lavanda Conner Savannah Powell Lucas Shamala, Ph.D. Cleo Parker Robinson2008 Phyllis Bigpond Vern Howard Larry Johnson, Ph.D. Wayne Marshall2007 Lupe Martinez, Ph.D. Win Naing The Rev. James Peters2006 Nick Delmonico Erin Durban Anthony J. Garcia Ruth Yamauchi2005 Jacquelyn Benton Nita Gonzales James “Justice” Jackson2004 Art Campa, Ph.D. Mildred Freeney-Hilton Ronald M. Knights, Ph.D. Angelo Van Fleet2003 Erika Church Brother Jeff Fard Luis Torres, Ph.D.
2002 Skip Crownhart Bill Hosokawa Hektor Munoz2001 Pauline Reece2000 Addison “Spike” Adams Brenda Mosby1999 Fannie Fiddmont, Ph.D. Grizel Gonzales Gayle Johnson Percy A. Morehouse Jr., Ph.D.1998 Walter R. Echo-Hawk Teresa Harper Robert Hazan, Ph.D.1997 Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen Mark Ramsey Gwendolyn Thomas, Ph.D.1996 Essie Garrett The Rev. Marshall Gourley Alfonso Suazo Tara Tull1995 Margie Ball Cook, Ph.D. The Rev. Clyde J. Miller Thomas Rauch Megan Reyes1994 Glenn Morris, Ph.D. Joe Navarro Arthur and Bea Sutton Branscombe Akbarali Thobhani, Ph.D.1993 Jody Andrade Vincent Harding, Ph.D., and Rosemarie Freeney Harding C.J. White, Ph.D.1992 Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Wilma Webb
Committee MembersCindy Anderson Alton Clark Monique Coley Marlena Hartz Patti Lohman Chris Flug
Kathleen Jewby Donelyn Jones Kathleen Kinkade Jonathan Lancaster Patti Lohman John Mosley
Ned Muhovich Pamela Osborne Braelin Pantel Tony Price Chivonne Torres
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““Dead men make such convenient
heroes
Dead men make such convenient
heroes
Dead men make such convenient
heroes Carl Wendell Hines Jr.“A Dead Man’s Dream”
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Dr. Ramon Del Castillo - FacultyFor the past four decades, Dr. Ramon Del Castillo, a cultural activist and scholar, has demonstrated leadership in community activism, advocacy and civil rights, using nonviolence as a philosophy. He demonstrates his philosophy — “You are what you do” — through his leadership in numerous professional, nonprofit and social justice organizations, locally and statewide. On campus, Del Castillo’s service includes collaboration with the Department of African and African American Studies and the Institute for Women’s Studies and Services to address injustices, serving as a mentor for the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), membership in the Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professorship, planning and implementing the Cesar Chavez Leadership Day, membership on the Hispanic Serving Institution Initiative (HSI), and securing funding for Journey Through Our Heritage. Del Castillo has testified before the legislature for the ASSET Bill, Colorado’s version of the DREAM Act. As a bold and courageous leader, Del Castillo is often asked to address schools, groups and community organizations to inspire others to act upon and transform their worlds.
As an activist for civil rights and nonviolent social change, Del Castillo was a founding member of the Cesar E. Chavez Peace and Justice Committee of Denver. Del Castillo directed lettuce boycotts in the 1970s, supported passage of Cesar Chavez Day as a national holiday, and promotes Chavez’s philosophy of nonviolence through an annual Catholic mass, a march that attracts 1,000 to 1,500 people. He is a board member for Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and Radio KUVO Jazz 89.3, co-chair of the Northwest Education Reform Committee and continues to provide advocacy services to youth.
Del Castillo is a leader who brings groups together from diverse communities to collaborate for the common good and continues to provide advocacy through the Community Challenge School. He writes insightful, thought-provoking columns for El Semanario, “and creatively combines the written word, poetry and music into a genre — poejazz.” Del Castillo has received numerous honors for his commitment to civil rights and nonviolent social change, including the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement’s Cesar E. Chavez Award for “tireless efforts, support and commitment to social, economic and civil rights activism”; Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Civil Rights Award; and the Martin Luther King Jr. Statewide Humanitarian Award (1998).
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Mary Hanewall - CommunityMary Hanewall, retired executive director for the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation (CIHADF), with her vision, leadership and extensive background in fundraising, took CIHADF to the “next level.” Currently there are over 250 children in the program who will be twice as likely to graduate from high school and go to college as their peers. The nominator writes, “I have witnessed Mary as a champion of the underprivileged and underserved. She is committed to uplifting the community that she lives in through hard work, leadership, and collaboration with people and agencies that share her convictions, improving children and their families’ lives through the power of education and mentorship.”
Not your typical executive director, Hanewall was in the “trenches” at all of the school housing projects and low-income neighborhoods, serving children of all races, ethnicities and abilities. If kids needed a ride to an educational event, Hanewall was there. If they needed lunch, she took care of it. Hanewall has dedicated countless hours and was the catalyst for raising millions of dollars for CIHADF. At her retirement reception, Mayor Michael Hancock testified to Hanewall’s impact on the Denver community and the children she has so tirelessly served, officially proclaiming Oct. 4 as Mary Hanewall Day for the City and County of Denver. She has served on nonprofit boards, including Youth Mentoring Collaborative and New America School. As the nominator put it, Mary “walks the walk”! Her dedication to serving the underprivileged, commitment to equality and ability to educate our communities makes her a worthy recipient of this Community Award.
Mahdyeh Hosseini Nowkhandan - StudentA “champion of justice,” Mahdyeh Nowkhandan “possesses a drive that is free from selfish motivations and egocentric pursuits” as she tirelessly devotes herself to others both on campus and in the community. She has organized campus partnerships with Food for Thought — Denver, delivering healthy meals to underprivileged youth; with Compassion by the Book/Love 146, raising $1,000 for victims of child sex trafficking; and with numerous food drives for Auraria Campus food banks. Mahdyeh participates in Project Homeless Connect, the Children’s Museum of Denver, the Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and Morning Star Adult Day Program. She has led student panels and been a guest speaker in women’s studies courses, “offering her own story … as a survivor of domestic violence.” Indeed, “Mahdyeh’s scope truly encompasses all of humanity.”