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Former senator talks civil rights By MARIANA ALFARO
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REMEMBERING MLK Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun speaks during the candlelight vigil in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. She encouraged the audience to be courageous and to teach younger generations the importance of the civil rights movement.
Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun joined members of the Northwestern community in honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday night during a vigil at Alice Millar Chapel. Moseley Braun, also a former U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and the first African-American woman to serve in the Senate, encouraged the audience to pass on knowledge to younger generations, in order to preserve history and to progress to a more understanding future. “I am of the generation that formed the civil rights movement and I actually met and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King,” she said in her speech. “It is important that we take time to remember and recall the stories that may be familiar to us but foreign to the new generations.” Moseley Braun spoke about the importance of empathy and courage
during the civil rights movement and their importance today. “Each of us can find meaning in our own lives by doing what we can do to help others,” she said. “It is not enough to think of yourself as a good person. What matters is what you do.” After quoting King’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Moseley Braun said she believes the civil rights movement “reflected the very best of America.” “It made us all better people,” she said. “It reached for courage and community and truth … it called on each individual to take personal responsibility to defeat the forces of racism and hate.” Moseley Braun referenced the recent demonstrations in France against terrorism, comparing them to the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. She also reflected on the importance of strength and union regarding the “Je Suis Charlie” movement that began in light of a » See VIGIL, page 10
EPL program ends after 11 months NU gathers for Paris attack victims By MARIANA ALFARO
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About 40 students, faculty and community members came together Friday to honor those affected by the acts of terrorism in Paris in the last two weeks. “Je Suis _____” was a gathering at The Rock held by various Northwestern groups, including NU Hillel, University Christian Ministry, Alpha Epsilon Pi, the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israeli Studies, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the Study Abroad Office.
The event mourned the victims and supported freedom of speech and religion. During the gathering, students spoke in solidarity with France on the importance of freedom of speech and religion. NU Hillel executive director Michael Simon read the names of the victims, followed by a moment of silence. On Jan. 7, masked gunmen broke into the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical weekly newspaper, and began firing, killing 12. More terrorist attacks followed across the Ile-de-France region from Jan. 7-9, including a hostage crisis at » See FRANCE, page 10
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THAT’S A WRAP S.O.U.L. Creations Inc. performs at the “11 Months of African American History Wrap Up Celebration.” The Evanston Public Library’s 11-month series ended Sunday.
By STEPHANIE KELLY
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HONORING VICTIMS Northwestern Hillel director Michael Simon reads the names of the victims of the recent attack in Paris. About 40 members of the NU community gathered at The Rock on Friday for the event.
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A performance from S.O.U.L. Creations Inc. and a reading from an August Wilson play led the wrap-up celebration of the Evanston Public Library’s African-American program series. The program “11 Months of African American History” began in March. EPL offered at least one African-American history program or event each month, including speakers and book discussions. The series, which ended Sunday, had 34 events in total. Lesley Williams, EPL’s head of adult services, originally had the idea for the “11 Months” series. Williams
said people always asked her about the library’s programming for February, which is African American History Month nationally. “I thought, ‘Why is it that we’re taking this wonderful, rich culture and trying to cram it into the shortest month in the year?’” she said. The goals for the series included diversifying program attendance and encouraging community conversations around race, Williams said. From there, the library reached out to organizations in the community to become partners in the series and garnered support from organizations such as the YWCA Evanston/North Shore, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and Northwestern’s Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities. The Sunday event, which had about
70 attendees, was not only a celebration of all the events from the past 11 months, but also a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. S.O.U.L Creations, an Evanston-based nonprofit that works with youth, performed African dances, including the manjani, a dance that celebrates an event. “Let’s continue to move forward with that rhythm within ourselves because Dr. King talks about us being a drum major for justice and being a drum major for justice requires that we take leadership and take action,” said Gilo Kwesi Logan, S.O.U.L Creation’s founder and executive director. During their performance, the group of seven from S.O.U.L Creations » See 11 MONTHS, page 10
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