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HOOKS INSTITUTE 2008 EVENTS
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DECEMBER 2008
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| Dec. 12 |
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Hooks Institute Reception
At the Law Offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz(Washington, DC)
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NOVEMBER 2008
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Nov. 13
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Multicultural Memphis Breakfast
Theme: Multiculturalism and Education
7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
University of Memphis, Holiday Inn
Sponsored by Leadership Memphis, The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change,
City of Memphis, Advent Enterprises, Inc., Facing History and Ourselves, and the Memphis
City Schools
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OCTOBER 2008
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Oct. 2-4
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RICHARD WRIGHT CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Sponsored by The Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute
for Social Change, African and African American Studies Program, and the Communications
Department
Oct. 2. at 6:30 p.m.
Julia Wright, Keynote Address
Fogelman Executive Center
Oct 3. at 1:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion on Richard Wright: Tyler Stovall, Abdul Janmohamed, and Joyce Ann
Joyce
Fogelman Executive Center.
Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Performing Richard Wright: Reginald Brown
Fogelman Executive Center
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Oct. 16
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Channel 3's "Live at 9:00" at Peabody Place (Memphis, TN)
Interview with Daphene and Viola McFerren regarding the premiere of the documentary,
"Freedom's Front Line: Fayette County, Tennessee"
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| Oct. 16 |
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Documentary: Freedom’s Front Line: Fayette County, Tennessee
Time: 8:00 p.m.
WKNO- Television (Memphis, TN) at 8:00 p.m.
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| Oct. 26 |
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"Telling the Stories of Fayette County, TN: Virtual and Geographic Communities."
A panel discussion featuring Dr. Leigh Ann Duck, Dr. Loel Kim, and Donna Pope.
Gandhi King Conference on Peacemaking
Christian Brothers University (Memphis, TN)
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| Oct. 16-Nov. 20 |
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Common Cents: A Personal Money Management Workshop
Time: 5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Please contact the Hooks Institute for classroom locations at the University of Memphis
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| Oct. 21-Nov. 25 |
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Common Cents: A Personal Money Management Workshop
Time: 5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Please contact the Hooks Institute for classroom locations at the University of Memphis
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| SEPTEMBER 2008
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| Sept. 12 |
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Open House
Presentation of Hooks Institute Initiatives to faculty and community members.
1:00 p.m.
University of Memphis, Rose Theatre, Entertainment Lobby
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| Sept. 19 |
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The Federal Communications Commission (Washington, DC), and Hooks Institute, Forum
on the Digital Television Transition, FCC
Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, Keynote Speaker
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
University of Memphis, Panhellenic Building Ballroom, 384 Patterson Street
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Sept. 30
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"Eyewitness News Takes You to Money School"
Report on the RISE Foundation Course, "Common Cents: A Personal Money Management Workshop"
sponsored by the Hooks Institute. Report by Joyce Stevenson, ABC 24/CW 30, Eyewitness
News (Memphis, TN)
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Sept. 2-Oct. 7
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Common Cents: A Personal Money Management Workshop
Time: 5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Please contact the Hooks Institute for classroom locations at the University of Memphis
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Sept. 4-Oct. 9
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Common Cents: A Personal Money Management Workshop
Time: 5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Please contact the Hooks Institute for classroom locations at the University of Memphis
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| FEBRUARY 2008 |
| Feb. 20 |
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Institute Luncheon
Introduce faculty and students to the work of the Hooks Institute
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