Women Impacting ISU Calendar Reception

Date and time: Wednesday, Jan. 16 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Place: Sun Room, Memorial Union

Description: “The 12 women featured in the calendar will be recognized. A program will begin at 4 p.m. Free copies of the calendar will be distributed.” 

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Birthday Celebration

Date and time: Monday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m.

Place: Ames Middle School

Description: “Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition! Join us at 6 [p.m.] for cake and music, followed by an hour-long program beginning at 6:30 p.m. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series.”

“BlaKkKlansman” movie screening

Date and time: Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.

Place: Carver 101

Description: “‘BlacKkKlansman,’ directed by Spike Lee and produced by Jordan Peele, offers a provocative exploration of American race relations. In the midst of the 1970s civil rights movement, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first black detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department. He sets out to prove his worth by infiltrating the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan and convinces his Jewish colleague (Adam Driver) to go undercover as a white supremacist. Nominated for 4 Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture-Drama, the film is an adaptation of Stallworth’s memoir and based on actual events.”

Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Convocation. Keynote speaker: “BLACK KLANSMAN” author Ron Stallworth

Date and time: Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.

Place: Sun Room, Memorial Union

Description: “Join us for Iowa State’s university-wide celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year’s program features keynote speaker Ron Stallworth, whose extraordinary story of being a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan is the subject of ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee’s recent movie.”

The Power of Knowing Your Purpose: Brittany Packnett

Date and time: Monday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.

Place: Great Hall, Memorial Union

Description: “Brittany Packnett is a leader at the intersection of culture and justice. A former teacher, non-profit executive director and Fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, she has been named one of TIME Magazine’s 12 New Faces of Black Leadership and honored at the 2018 BET Awards as ‘one of the fiercest activists of our time.’”

Meet and greet with student veterans

Date and time: Wednesday, Jan. 30 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Place: Col. Pride Lounge, Memorial Union

Description: “All faculty and staff, regardless of military status, are welcome to meet student veterans and military-affiliated students. This is a come-and-go event; feel free to stop by, say hello and grab a bite. RSVPs are requested.”