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SUMMARY:Angie Thomas: "The Hate U Give: Finding Your Activism and Turning the Political into the Personal"
DESCRIPTION:Jackson State University welcomes Angie Thomas\, author of The Hate U Give to speak in a community forum on March 1\, 2018. She will engage her audience in dialogue on social justice issues presented in the novel that specifically address the audience\, and will take place in the Jackson State University Student Center Theatre. Thomas will also lead a workshop with creative writing students\, discussing the process for successful publication.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/angie-thomas-hate-u-give-young-adult-social-action/
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SUMMARY:Literary Arts in the Delta Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Washington County Library System in Greenville\, Miss.\, in partnership with the Greenwood\, Miss.-based Turnrow Book Company kicks offl Literary Arts in the Delta Festival (Lit in the Delta Fest) March 10\, 2018. \nThe free all-day Festival will convene during National Reading Month\, at E. E. Bass Cultural Arts Center\, 323 South Main Street and at 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and at William Percy Library\, 341 Main Street in Greenville\, Miss. Food vendors\, art and books for all ages also will be available. \nThe Festival seeks to engage communities from 18 counties in the Mississippi Delta Region including: Bolivar\, Carroll\, Coahoma\, DeSoto\, Holmes\, Humphreys\, Issaquena\, Leflore\, Panola\, Quitman\, Sharkey\, Sunflower\, Tallahatchie\, Tate\, Washington and Yazoo in the State of Mississippi; and the counties of Chicot and Desha in the State of Arkansas. A Young Authors Competition will engage 8th and 9th graders from these 20 invited Mississippi Delta Region counties. \nThe Festival will have more than 30 literary artists\, including Internet and social media sensation\, Officer Tommy Norman; comedian and film artist\, Keith Morris\, national best-selling author\, ReShonda Tate Billingsley and the legendary songwriter\, documentary producer\, former owner of Memphis-based Stax Records and former president of Motown Records Group\, Al Bell.Bell\, a Delta native (Brinkley\, Ark.) is a Lifetime Grammy Award recipient and will present a lecture on his literary works in entertainment and the music industry. He has written and promoted artists including Prince\, the Staple Singers\, Issac Hayes and countless others. Bell’s award-winning documentary\, Wattstax\, will be discussed. \nDolly Parton Imagination Library\, Heifer International and Scholastic will be featured in a panel discussion on how books in the homes and hands of youth and families impact learning for a lifetime. \nDr. Maya Angelou’s film\, Still I Rise will also be presented throughout the Festival day as well as art by ArtsPlace Mississippi. Still I Rise is directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack and chronicles the life of poet laureate and literary scholar Dr. Maya Angelou. \nTickets are free\, register here by February 15!
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/literary-arts-delta-festival/
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SUMMARY:NEH Grant Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daniel Sack\, program officer with the National Endowment for the Humanities\, Division of Research Programs\, will be visiting our region on Tuesday\, March 20\, 2018. Mississippi State University (MSU) is happy to be serving as the host institution for the NEH program officer to provide an NEH regional seminar. During his time at MSU\, Dr. Sack will share special NEH initiatives\, discuss grant-writing strategies\, and provide mock panel sessions – all extremely valuable to all humanists interested in opportunities with NEH. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/neh-grant-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Ideas on Tap
DESCRIPTION:Join the Mississippi Humanities Council\, Rethink Mississippi\, and the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi at Hal and Mal’s on March 20 for the third installment in our spring series “Emerging Mississippi.” Each month\, we’ll look at areas in which young people are making a difference in Mississippi. \nOn March 20\, we’ll focus on young people in arts and culture. Panelists include artist Ginger Williams Cook and DJ and Offbeat owner Phillip Young-venom Rollins. Garrad Lee will moderate the conversation. \nAs always\, compelling conversation is on us\, and drinks are on you.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ideas-on-tap-4/
LOCATION:Hal & Mal’s\, 200 Commerce Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39201\, United States
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SUMMARY:25th Oxford Conference for the Book
DESCRIPTION:Annual literary conference based on the University of Mississippi campus. The 2018 conference will explore a range of topics\, from the desegregation of public libraries\, the role of long-form journalism in our current news environment and award-winning poetry to the Latino experience in the American South.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/25th-oxford-conference-book/
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SUMMARY:Ben Jonson\, Our Contemporary
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URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/ben-jonson-contemporary/
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SUMMARY:Problem Solving Charrette: Teacher Shortage in the Delta
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URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/problem-solving-charrette-teacher-shortage-delta/
LOCATION:I.T. Montgomery Elementary\, 202 W M.L.K. Jr. Drive\, Mound Bayou\, MS\, 38762
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SUMMARY:Delta State University's Winning the Race Conference 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Winning the Race Conference was developed with three overarching goals: engage in conversations with campus and community constituencies that will build an appreciation for diversity differences and a spirit of community through shared ideas; promote a broad discourse on race relations by building conversations to bring together diverse communities in the Delta through sharing of ideas and building cooperation; and to rekindle a hope that Delta communities will move toward greater equality and forward and open thinking while reducing racial disparities and tensions. Keynote speaker 2018: Kevin Powell. \n  \nRegistration is FREE but required for all conference attendees. You can register here beginning February 1\, 2018. \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/delta-state-universitys-winning-race-conference-2018/
LOCATION:Delta State University\, 1003 W Sunflower Rd\, Cleveland\, MS\, 38733\, United States
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SUMMARY:Freedom of Information Act: Learn how researchers are using FOIA at the University of Mississippi
DESCRIPTION:Join this panel discussion and learn how researchers across the university use FOIA to access valuable government information for their research.
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/freedom-information-act-learn-researchers-using-foia-university-mississippi/
LOCATION:J.D. Williams Library\, 1 Library Loop\, University\, Mississippi\, 38677
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