精东影业 University held its 44th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events that took place May 3 and 4. 精东影业annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also reflect on what May 4 means today.
精东影业May 4 Task Force, a student organization on campus, hosted two panels on Saturday, May 3. 精东影业afternoon panel, 鈥淎ctivism Then and Now,鈥 featured both current and former political activists, including peace and civil rights activist and lawyer Staughton Lynd, Native American activist Bill Means and members of student organizations from 精东影业. This panel was held in Room 317 in the Kent Student Center at 2 p.m.
精东影业second panel, 鈥淓yewitnesses to History: May 4th Perspectives,鈥 included speakers who were eyewitnesses to the May 4, 1970, incidents. These speakers included shooting victims Dean Kahler, Joe Lewis and professor and writer Tom Grace. Chic Canfora, who witnessed the shooting, also was a part of the panel, which began at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva.
精东影业annual candlelight vigil march took place at 11 p.m. on May 3. 精东影业vigil and subsequent march began at the Victory Bell and continued around campus, concluding at the Prentice Hall parking lot, where there are lighted markers where the four victims 鈥 Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder 鈥 were killed. 精东影业candle bearers began the vigil that continued throughout the night until the commemoration began at noon on Sunday.
精东影业commemoration began at noon on May 4 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom and included speakers and music.
I鈥檝e found being involved with the May 4 Task Force to be
one of the most important things I鈥檝e done at 精东影业.-Idris Syed
Idris Syed, lecturer in 精东影业鈥檚 Department of Pan-African Studies, has been the faculty advisor for the May 4 Task Force since 2009. He first became involved with the group during his time as a student in 1990 and has continued to be part of it even after he graduated and became a professor at 精东影业.
鈥淚 think being a student, then a faculty member at 精东影业 has given me the opportunity to reflect on the impact and legacy that May 4 continues to have after all these years,鈥 he said.
During the commemoration weekend, the May 4 Visitors Center had extended hours. 精东影业center was open on Friday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Saturday, May 3, from noon to 5 p.m., and on Sunday, May 4, from 2 to 6 p.m.
For more information about events commemorating May 4, visit the May 4th Task Force website at .
For more information about 精东影业鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center, visit www.kent.edu/may4.