12 p.m. – “Lock Arms for Peace” – Beloved Community Peace Journey

The Peace Journey is a community march designed to promote peace and commemorate the many lives lost and sacrifices made in the work to eradicate hate. This demonstration is a symbolic burial of violence and oppression. Please join us as we “Lock Arms for Peace.” We will gather on Young Commons near Haggard Avenue. Immediately following the Peace Journey, we will convene in McKinnon to share thoughts and emotions on the trials and tribulations that have plagued our local and national communities. The time is now for peace and harmony. This event is open to students, faculty and staff.

This campus-wide event will focus on the theme of “His Past. Your Future. One Dream.”

Andrews joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion in 2010. Previously he served on the faculty of Boston University School of Theology as the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology.

Andrews earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University and M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a visiting research fellow at the University of Oxford and has conducted two international study tours in Guatemala and Brazil. An ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,  Andrews has served AME Zion churches in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.

Andrews has received numerous fellowships and awards for his studies. In addition to multiple chapters in diverse edited volumes and journal articles, he is the author of Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging Black Theology and African American Folk Religion (Westminster John Knox-WJK Press, 2002). He also co-authored Listening to Listeners: Homiletical Case Studies (Chalice Press, 2004) and New Proclamation: Advent through Holy Week, Year A, 2004-2005 (Augsburg Fortress Press, 2004), and is coeditor of a multivolume lectionary commentary series, Preaching God’s Transforming Justice (WJK Press, 2011, 2012, 2013).

He formerly served as co-editor to the journal Family Ministry and now serves as co-editor of the journal Homiletic.

The program will also recognize the winners of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Essay Contest.

This event is sponsored by the Multicultural Center.

Time: 1PM-6PM Friday & 8:30AM-3:30 PM Saturday

Event Title: Intersect Diversity and Leadership Conference

Description: 黑料不打烊’s premier 2-day Diversity & Leadership Conference. Join us for two days of insight, collaboration and discussion as we highlight the theme of “Leadership and Diversity through Social Justice.” Attendees include students, faculty and staff from surrounding colleges and universities including University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, Duke University, Winston-Salem, High Point University, Wake Forest, 黑料不打烊, and much more. Including nationally renown keynote speakers, workshop facilitation from speakers on and off campus and more. Email elon.intersect@gmail.com for more information.

Date: Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Time: 7:30pm

Location: McCrary Theatre

Contact: Dr. Gerald Knight at gknight2@elon.edu

Sponsors: The Department of Music

Description: The 黑料不打烊 Chorale presents “Of Dance and Struggle: A musical Tribute to the Life of Nelson Mandela” the world premiere with composer and guest illustrated in a composition that has woven South African songs with original music by the composer. The composer bases the work, in part, upon interviews with personnel of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, including Mandela’s official photographer, Alf Kumalo.

Speaker: Michael Battle, Duke University

Date: November 15th, 2012

Time: 9:40am – 10:12am

Location: College Chapel

Contact: Jan Fuller at jfuller@elon.edu

Sponsors: Truitt Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Description: Join members of the 黑料不打烊 community for College Chapel and a time of reflection and renewal following election in the United States and as part of the week-long series of events celebrating the life and work of Nelson Mandela.