Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Kishki Hall (Coahoma Community College) will present her public lecture, "Changing the World Through Effective Communication & the Spirit of Excellence." Reception to follow. The presentation will give a clear view into the inspirational and unique experience of Dr. Kishki Hall’s public speaking class at Coahoma Community College. The mission […]

On January 28, USM Gulf Park will kick-off the series by hosting a pop-up art exhibition featuring two women artists from the Mississippi Gulf Coast community: Julia Reyes, a local multimedia artist and co-owner of Almost Circle gallery in Biloxi, and Paulette Dove, local artist and former art teacher at Biloxi High School. Critically, this […]

Two workshops with Jonathan Blanchard  that uses hip hop music to teach students more about history, cultural heritage, and language.

This presentation lays out the facts pertinent to what happened during the four occupations of the city by Federal forces during the Civil War. Speakers Expertise: Grady Howell has worked for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and has written extensively about Mississippi's Civil War history.

In 2018, the Hancock Performing Arts Center received a grant for a series of lectures entitled, "The Struggle and the Music It Created." The purpose of th eproject was to address race in Mississippi and to discuss the relevance of the music that defined the movement. The majority of the audience attending was students. After […]

The Sunflower County Freedom Project youth drama will present Baltimore, a play by Kirsten Greenridge. Baltimore focuses on a group of college students whose lvies are shaken when someone draws an offensive picture of the wall of their residence hall. The play shines light on issues of equality, racism, community, and the question of who gets to […]

The Sunflower County Freedom Project youth drama will present Baltimore, a play by Kirsten Greenridge. Baltimore focuses on a group of college students whose lvies are shaken when someone draws an offensive picture of the wall of their residence hall. The play shines light on issues of equality, racism, community, and the question of who gets to belong […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Thomas Kris Lee (Mississippi University for Women) will present his public lecture, "The Elephant in the Room Wants a Cup of Coffee: A Brief How-To on the Power of Visualization." Reception to follow.   Lee's presentation, entitled, "The Elephant in the Room Wants a Cup of Coffee," is a good-humored, engaging talk about the impact […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Stephanie Rolph (Millsaps College) will present her public lecture, "I'm Here to Tell You Why Those White Supremacists Matter" (Or "Things I Never Thought My Humanities Training Would Prepare Me to Say in Public") Stephanie Rolph, author of Resisting Equality: The Citizens’ Council, 1954-1989, will reflect on her scholarship as well […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Shanna Louise Smith (Jackson State University) will present her public lecture titled, "Violence, Victory, and Voice: Millennials and Social Justice in Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give." Reception to follow Violence, Voice, & Victory: Millennials and Social Justice in Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give interrogates how millennials come to […]

Humanities Teacher Award winner Kira Arthurs (Pearl River Community College) will present her public lecture, "Gender Stereotypes: Raising Children in the 21st Century." Reception to follow.  

Humanities Teacher Award winner Ryan Schilling (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College) will present his public lecture "The Dangers of Informing: The Suppression of Journalism from a Historical and Contemporary Perspective." An independent press is essential to a free and open society.  With this in mind, the presentation will explore the ways that authoritarian regimes have […]