Abstract The Rev. James A. Forbes and Music by New Orleans Jazz Ensemble, Huslers Brass BandThe Chapel’s 40th anniversary kick-off event will honor Dr. Martin Luther King and celebrate the dedication of Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk to the slain human rights leader. Chapel co-founder Dominique De Menil wrote that the juxtaposition of the Broken Obelisk and the Chapel is symbolic of the institution’s dual vocation of contemplation and action. Dr. King’s life clearly demonstrates the...

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Co-sponsored by the Rothko Chapel, Holocaust Museum, and Social Justice Committee of the University of St. Thomas. Held in Scanlon Hall.

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Professor Irving Kelter and Trish Vandiver, Holocaust survivor Walter Kase. Sponsored by Holocaust Museum, University of St. Thomas

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John Booth

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Panel discussion, Frances T. (Sissy) Farenthold, Thomas Berg, Mike DeGeurin

Abstract Discussion Ana Paula Hernández and Juliet Hooker, Ph.D., moderated by Suzanne Benally Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center at UT School of Law Event in English; simultaneous Spanish interpretation available.What are indigenous human rights, and why do they matter? More specifically, what’s the status of indigenous rights in Honduras? Join the discussion on this timely and pressing issue.Ana Paula Hernández is a program officer for Latin America at the...

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Presentations by Robert Fisk, author and most decorated foreign correspondent for British newspaper: Independent

Abstract A Community Conversation on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Great March on Washington and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech Suggested donation $10Fifty years ago, on August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people marched for civil and economic rights under the theme "jobs and freedom." Do you remember the March? Were you there?One of the largest demonstrations for human rights in United States' history, it was the occasion on which...

Abstract Vimeo Livestream, 6pm CDT Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights Is this really a racial reckoning? with Charles M. Blow Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT’s School of LawAfter the killing of George Floyd, millions of people, of all races and ethnicities, in America and around the world, poured into the streets as part of historic protests to demand racial justice. Some...