The Darden MLK Celebration Planning Committee is happy to present the Darden 2013 MLK Celebration activities sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Darden in partnership with the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics.
Remembering MLK and “I Have a Dream”
January 22, 9:30am First Coffee
Dean Bruner will make remarks, Committee will make announcements, “I Have a Dream” speech video will play on loop throughout the day.
Panel Discussion
Theme: Free Enterprise: From Montgomery to Main Street
January 25, 4:30 – 6:00pm Darden School Classroom 50
Significance of business ownership in social justice and community empowerment from Civil Rights era to present day.
Panelists:
Greg Fairchild, Darden Professor
Claudrena Harold, UVA History Professor
Uday Gupta, Darden alumnus and entrepreneur
Toan Nguyen, Darden Alumnus and Entrepreneur
Brown Bag Lunch
Business and the Poor
January 31, 1:30 – 2:30pm CR 30
Informal, round table discussion about role of business in addressing poverty using MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign as foundation.
