“A Time to Break Silence” Panel Discussion

It is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech (April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York.) . Dr. King felt compelled to break silence and speak of the united triplets of racism, militarism and extreme materialism fueling the Vietnam war and ruining US democracy, a panel will consider the relevance of the speech for today. The panel discussion will be at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the ICC Grossman Conference Center Auditorium and will repeat again at 12 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9, in the Mabee Library Special Collections Room.

Presenters: Jovanni Reyes, Iraqi Veterans Against War: Sister Addie Lorraine Walker, OST Director of the Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership: Dr. Roger Barnes, UIW Sociology; Dr. Trey Guinn, UIW Communication Arts; Dr. Doshie P. Piper and others.

Co-sponsors: Ettling Center for Civic Leadership, the Dialogue Institute of the Southwest, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Iraqi Veterans Against War, San Antonio peaceCENTER, and others

Information: Sister Martha Ann Kirk kirk@uiwtx.edu  Phone:  210-829-3854