Here is a look at just a few of the events that are happening on or around campus this week!

Tuesday, Jan. 21:

Annual MLK Jr. Celebration! Join us for a full day of activities starting around 9:30 a.m. in the PUB.

Free workshop called “Read smarter, not harder“ that will help students use a time-proven strategy to read and remember textbook material. Remind students to bring their own textbook for practice! Starts at 1:45 p.m. in room 1501.

Wednesday, Jan. 22:

in the PUB room 9102, join us for a free screening of Brother Outsider.

Free workshop called “Beating Writer’s Block“ in room 1501 at 12:30. Not sure how to start writing? Feeling stuck in the middle of a paper? We’ll talk about what causes writer’s block and learn a variety of tools that will get you writing.

Men’s and Women’s basketball takes on Peninsula College. Women start at 5:30 p.m. and Men start at 7:30. #GoDolphins!

Thursday, Jan. 23:

Audition for Hairspray! Everyone needs a little more music, fun and awesome hair in their lives…

Friday, Jan. 24:

Audition for Hairspray! We all know you can probably sing better than Travolta!

Then be super hip and audition for Hairspray!

Written by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman

Auditions will take place in the Shoreline Campus Theater
Please prepare a 16- to 32-bar musical theater song to perform (pianist provided). If you desire to audition for a major role, also prepare a 1- to 2-minute monologue.

Performances: May 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25, 2014

Questions?
Need more information?

Contact:
Dr. Charles Enlow, Director & Producer or John Nold, Shoreline Theater Manager

The Multicultural Center cordially invites you to ….

Shoreline Community College’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: 

Tuesday January 21, 2014

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation. Earlier in 1964, the 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, originally instituted in 11 southern states to make it difficult for blacks to vote. Events include:

The Right to Dream – presented by Living Voices

9:30-10:20am, 10:30-11:20am & 1:30-2:20pm in room 9208

The struggle and sacrifice for civil rights in America is witnessed in this compelling story. The Right to Dream recreates a student’s coming of age as an African American in Mississippi during the 1950’s and 1960’s. This program illuminates the issues of civil rights, leading audiences to understand how the fight against prejudice has shaped our history.

“Martin, Malcolm, and Mandela.”  – presented by students from IDS 100, Be the Change You

Want to See: Taking Action for Social Justice

To Be Decided

Open-Mic – sponsored by the Arts & Entertainment Board

12:30 in room 9215

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 — 12:30 to 2:30 PM in PUB 9102

During his 60-year career as an activist, organizer, Bayard Rustin formulated many of the strategies that propelled the American civil rights movement. His passionate belief in Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence drew Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders to him in the 1940’s and 50’s; his practice of those beliefs drew the attention of the FBI and police. In 1963, Rustin brought his unique skills to the crowning glory of his civil rights career: his work organizing the March on Washington, the biggest protest America had ever seen. But his open homosexuality forced him to remain in the background, marking him again and again as a “brother outsider.” Brother Outsider: the Life of Bayard Rustin combines rare archival footage — some of it never before broadcast in the U.S. — with provocative interviews to illuminate the life and work of a forgotten prophet of social change. Free Popcorn!

Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice in the U.S.

Friday, January 24, 2014 — 12:30 to 2:00 PM in PUB 9102

This documentary centers around the theory put forward by many, and most recently by Michelle Alexander (who appears in the movie), that mass incarceration has become “The New Jim Crow.” That is, since the rise of the drug war and the explosion of the prison population, and because discretion within the system allows for arrest and prosecution of people of color at alarmingly higher rates than whites, prisons and criminal penalties have become a new version of Jim Crow. Much of the discrimination that was legal in the Jim Crow era is today illegal when applied to black people but perfectly legal when applied to “criminals.” The problem is that through subjective choices, people of color have been targeted at significantly higher rates for stops, searches, arrests, prosecution, and harsher sentences. So, where does this leave criminal justice? Free popcorn!

Complete/Updated information at: echo.shoreline.edu

Please contact me if you:

•  Have any questions about an event,
• If you would like to send a whole class to one of the events,
• If you would like a poster to display,
• If you have any suggestions for future events!

Submitted by James Lawrence Ardeña

Here is a look at what is happening this weekend through to Tuesday!

Quick reminder: Campus will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Friday, Jan. 17:

Free workshop called “Read smarter, not harder“ that will help you use a time-proven strategy to read and remember textbook material. Bring your own textbook for practice! Starts at 11:30 in room 1501.

Saturday, Jan. 18:

Men’s and Women’s basketball takes on Edmonds in Lynnwood. Women’s game starts at 5 p.m. and Men’s game starts at 7. #GoDolphins

Monday, Jan. 20:

Campus closed.

MLK Food Drive around the community! Check the calendar for locations to donate.

Tuesday, Jan. 21:

MLK Annual Celebration will be taking place in the PUB starting at 9:30.

There will be an informational meeting for the Black Student Union from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the PUB room 9102. Contact Rezina Habtemariam for more information or if you have questions.