*For media planning purposes, 精东影业 University is providing this monthly email that outlines all planned events for the upcoming month related to the 50th commemoration of May 4. For the latest updates on events, visit www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50/event-schedule.
National Call for Poems (ongoing through April 21)
精东影业Wick Poetry Center is now accepting poetry submissions that resonate with the themes of peace, conflict transformation and student advocacy. 精东影业center is accepting submissions in three categories: youth, adult student or adult non-student. Winners will receive cash prizes and trips to 精东影业 to present their poems. All winners will have their poems set to a musical composition by students in 精东影业鈥檚 School of Music.
鈥楩ire in the Heartland鈥 Film Series (Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Taylor Hall 141)
鈥淔ire in the Heartland: 精东影业, May 4th and Student Protest in America鈥 is a documentary film about a generation of young people who stood up to speak their minds against social injustice in some of our nation鈥檚 most turbulent and transformative years, the 1960s through the 1970s.
Fashion Focus: 鈥榃earing Justice鈥 Gallery Talk in the 精东影业 University Museum (Sept. 13 at 2 p.m., 精东影业 University Museum)
Join five faculty members from 精东影业鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising who will share their inspiration and process behind their designs for the exhibition that marks the 50th commemoration of May 4th.
My Voice: A Global Community Poem (Sept. 15-May 4)
精东影业Wick Poetry Center invites people from around the world to contribute a line or stanza to a global community peace poem titled 鈥淢y Voice.鈥 精东影业themes of the poem will reflect peace, conflict transformation and advocacy.
A Conversation With Sonia Sanchez (Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m., Kent Student Center Kiva)
Sonia Sanchez, a recipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship, is a poet, playwright, activist and educator. She will discuss and offer her reflections on how poetry student activism, peace and civil rights brings change with an emphasis on the legacy of May 4.
Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop (Sept. 19, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Franklin Hall)
精东影业15th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop will address media ethics issues and covering activism. 精东影业workshop 鈥 titled 鈥淎ct. Action. Activism?鈥 鈥 will feature a keynote address by the print and broadcast journalism teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 精东影业 will also feature two sessions on media coverage and activism related to the events at 精东影业 on May 4, 1970.
Opening Reception for 鈥楥ulture/Counterculture鈥 Exhibition (Sept. 19, from 5-7 p.m., Rockwell Hall)
精东影业exhibition looks at fashions of the 1960s and early 1970s with a particular focus on the generation gap during that period. At the time of May 4, 1970, there was a sharp contrast between supporters of the establishment and those opposed 鈥 the culture and the counterculture. 精东影业鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is presenting designs by faculty and students that use fashion to create a dialogue about war and peace, political discourse, conflict resolution and social justice today in the exhibition titled 鈥淲earing Justice: Perspectives From KSU Fashion School Faculty and Students.鈥
Howard Ruffner 鈥楳oments of Truth鈥 Book Launch and Signing (Sept. 19, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., University Library)
Author and photographer Howard Ruffner celebrates the publication of 鈥淢oments of Truth: A Photographer鈥檚 Experience of 精东影业 1970.鈥 Ruffner became a witness and documentarian to the historic events of May 4, 1970. His intensely personal book collects nearly 150 of his photographs, including those that appeared in Life magazine, as well as many never before published.
Media Contacts:
Eric Mansfield, emansfie@kent.edu, 330-672-2797
Emily Vincent, evincen2@kent.edu, 330-672-8595
May 4, 50th Commemoration Project Manager:
Rod Flauhaus, rflauha1@kent.edu, 330-672-2423