Tia McNair   
MLK Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Thursday, January 23, 2025  
Lecture: 11:30-1:00pm  
EMU Ballroom
1395 University St.
Eugene, OR 97403-1223

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"Creating a Beloved Community: Why Equity is a Foundation for Flourishing"

Tia McNair, PhD, a nationally recognized leader on equity, inclusive excellence, will be our 2025 keynote speaker for our annual MLK Luncheon. With three decades of experience in higher education, Dr. McNair’s work focuses on identifying strategies to eliminate inequities in student outcomes, improving student learning and engagement, and reimagining educational environments to support increased student belonging. 

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Victor Luckerson  
Author & Journalist  
Thursday, November 7, 2024  
Lecture: 11:30-1:00pm  
Pape Reception Hall, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
1430 Johnson Lane 
Eugene, OR 97403-1223

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"Beyond Voting: Models for Civic Action From Tulsa’s Black Wall Street"

As Americans from all walks of life move through the 2024 electoral process, many are looking for models of healthy engagement in the midst of the prevailing division and conflict. In Built From the Fire, a 2023 New York Times best-selling book, Journalist Victor Luckerson shares insights from his research on the 1921 race riots in Greenwood, Oklahoma. There, members of the Black community deployed tactics beyond electoral politics to knock down barriers and create a more just, flourishing and inclusive community.

In his forthcoming November 7, 2024, 11:30am talk, Luckerson is scheduled to share three models of civic engagement that the Black community in Greenwood, Oklahoma utilized to safeguard and advance democracy as well as justice for all. Indeed, they are possible ways for all of us to think innovatively, creatively and with hope about the promise of healthy civic engagement now and in the future.

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