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Beloved Community Conversation Series: Militarism
Join the MLK Center for the third program in its four-part Beloved Community Conversations Series. Gather with artists, scholars, and community activists to explore the topic of militarism, one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “triple evils.”
Event Details
The Martin Luther King Center is partnering with Butler University’s Desmond Tutu Peace Lab to present the Beloved Community Conversations Series. The conversations in the four-part series will focus on the “triple evils” identified by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (poverty, racism, and militarism) along with environmental degradation. Each conversation will offer an artistic performance by a poet or spoken-word artist followed by a panel discussion featuring the artist as well as scholars, community activists, and individuals with lived experiences pertinent to the theme. Following the panel, a facilitated community conversation will explore how the topics align with Dr. King’s principles of nonviolence and contribute to building the Beloved Community.
The September 15 conversation, the third in the series, centers on militarism. Poet and professor Thomas Kneeland is the keynote speaker, and panelists include Siren Hand (writer, poet, veteran, and coowner of the Indy Type Shop), Miguel Avila (poet and advocate), Dr. Robin Valenzuela (assistant professor of anthropology, Western Kentucky University, and cofounder of Indiana AID), and Dr. Alexander Roerhrkasse (assistant professor of sociology and criminology, Butler University).
No RSVP is necessary.
For more information, contact the MLK Center at 317.923.4581 or info@MLKCenterIndy.org.
This program received support from an Indiana Humanities INcommon Grant.