January 8, 2003

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

11-11:30 a.m., Danforth Chapel, Draper Building
Worship Service, Rev. Gloria Johnson speaker
(following the service there will a light lunch available in the Fireside Room)

12:30, Union Church (gather at 12:15)
March to Berea City Hall, 212 Chestnut St. (followed by program on City Hall steps)

3-4 p.m., Phelps Stokes Chapel
" If King Were Alive Today" MLK Jr. Memorial Convocation
John Leonard Harris, speaker (editor note: photos of Harris attached above)
Harris is founder and principal consultant for Harris Consulting Services in Lincoln Nebraska, through which he provides cultural education, leadership, organizational effectiveness and personal development programs for corporate, education, religious and community organizations throughout the U.S. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Harris is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia and is currently completing a masters degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He served for eight years as special assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs and since then has worked with programs for low-income youth in Lincoln. He also is an award-winning author, actor and singer. His 1993 article "The Portrayal of the Black Family in Prime-Time Network Television" won Article of the Year Award from the National Association of Human Rights Workers. For more information, visit Harris' website at: http://harris-online.net

6 p.m., Berea Dining Services, Alumni Building
" Finding Common Ground"
Diversity Workshop led by John Leonard Harris
The workshop will explore topics such as: the true definition of diversity, the concept of culture and the learned value of people, and the formula for developing cross-cultural understanding and sensitivity.

Events sponsored by Berea College Black Cultural Center, Convocations program, Campus Christian Center and Martin Luther King Jr. Day Planning Committee. For more information contact Lynn Cunningham, Black Cultural Center at (859)985-3797.