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Poverty: Myths, Resources, and a Way Forward
Hosted by MLK CenterJoin the MLK Center for the first program in its four-part Beloved Community Conversations Series. Gather with artists, scholars, and community activists to explore the topic of poverty, 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 March 3 conversation, the first in the series, centers on “Poverty: Myths, Resources, and a Way Forward.” Thomas Kneeland, poet and professor from Anderson University, is the featured artist, and panelists are Dr. Brooke Harris Garad (assistant professor of education, Butler University), Dr. Tom Mould (professor of anthropology, Butler University), Elizabeth Nash (director, Eastside Economic Mobility District), and Terrence Sanford, family and community program director, MLK Center).
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.