Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural & Intellectual Freedom (CSKC)

795 Livermore Street, at the corner of Livermore and Center College Streets

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Watoto Children's Choir comes to Antioch for

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration January 21, 2008

The Watoto Children’s Choir will be featured as part of the annual MLK day community celebration at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio on Monday January 21, 2008 at 7:00 pm in Kelly Hall.  This event is free and open to the public. Watoto means “The Children”, and these children are on a mission. Through their inspirational songs and compelling stories, the Watoto Children’s Choir is spreading a message of hope for Africa’s children.                 more...

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SPRING 2008 Events at the Coretta Scott King Center

NOMINATE  NOW! 2008 Women of Distinction Award Nominations

The Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural & Intellectual Freedom invites nominations for the 2008 Women of Distinction Recognition Awards. We will be honoring four exceptional women from the Antioch and Yellow Springs Community who have made unique and valuable contributions to their communities and/or professions. These women are an inspiration and role model for those around them.

Download Description of the Award and Nomination Guidelines: PDF or Word Document

Download Nomination Form: PDF or Word Document

Deadline extension: Nomination forms must be received by Monday, February 1, 2008

 

Dana Murray Patterson, Director

Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom

Antioch College

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About the Center

795 Livermore Street, at the corner of Livermore and Center College Streets

History of The Coretta Scott King Center

For Cultural and Intellectual Freedom

In 2004, Coretta Scott King, an Antioch College alumna granted Antioch College the use of her name for a specific curriculum and program that would provide education, awareness and advocacy around issues of social justice and diversity.  The Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom was the result of her gracious gift.   

The framework for the Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom was created as a result of both student led initiatives and concepts outlined in a paper by Antioch alumni, Everette Freeman, on April 13, 2004.  At the same time that Antioch students and community members were requesting more accountability around the ways that issues of cultural and intellectual freedom were addressed at Antioch, Everette Freeman produced a thoughtful concept paper titled, “Toward Community:  A Plan for Embedding Cultural and Intellectual Freedom Into the Fabric of Antioch College”.  The question and the answer perfectly complimented one another and the foundation for the CSKC was born.  The creation of the center was a key component of the redesigned curriculum—known as The Plan for Antioch College—which was implemented Fall 2005.

Many people in the local and national communities worked tirelessly to implement and support the development of the CSKC and it is their commitment to preserving the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King that allowed the CSKC to become a reality.  The CSKC has successfully provided programming since 2005 and was officially introduced to the community in a “Grand Introduction Ceremony” on Tuesday, March 27th, 2007.  The CSKC has now moved to its new location on the corner of Livermore and Center College Streets.  The first program presented by the Coretta Scott King Center was Native American Symposium:  Miami Tribe of Oklahoma --  Issues and Everyday Activism.  Professor Beverly Rodgers provided leadership for the CSKC prior to the naming of the First Director of the CSKC, Dr. Dana Murray Patterson on December 11, 2006.      

Dr. Dana Patterson was appointed Director for the Center. She is originally from Tuskegee, Alabama and most recently from Pullman, Washington where she completed her PhD in Higher Education Administration from Washington State University.  During her tenure at WSU, Patterson served as the Director of the Talmadge Anderson Heritage House and a member of the Board of Directors for the Office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity.  With an extensive background in Student Affairs and Diversity Education from major Colleges and Universities across the country, Patterson brings ten years of combined professional experience in Higher Education including judicial affairs.  Patterson completed her B.A. in Social Science at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky (1992) and her M.A. in Student Personnel Services in Higher Education at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky (1998).  Dana Patterson considers it both an honor and a privilege to serve as the new Director of the Coretta Scott King Center.   

When fully implemented, The Coretta Scott King Center will:

• house 2 full-time endowed faculty chairs in the Humanities
• provide scholarships for first generation students from impoverished urban communities

Past Programs

The first program presented by the Coretta Scott King Center was Native American Symposium: Miami Tribe of Oklahoma -- Issues and Everyday Activism, in October 2005.

The Center provided major funding for presentations and workshops by Allan G. Johnson, author of Privilege, Power and Difference, in October 2006.