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Fall 2019 Campus Weeks Event – November Commemorative Evening
November 14, 2019 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Free
Campus Weeks 2019 events culminate in a catered Commemorative Evening on Thursday, November 14 (in the Ocora Room of Pugh Hall) in remembrance of the November 9th “Night of Broken Glass” (Kristallnacht) and the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and following in the tradition of UF’s previous “Freedom without Walls” and “Future of Freedom and Walls” commemorations in 2009 and 2017 (November 9th proper falls on the preceding Saturday this year, hence the later date for the Commemorative Evening). The Border-Walls, Fire-Walls, and Sea-Walls Student Groups will display and present their projects. Winners of the essay contest will be announced and will read their op ed pieces. Political and Academic Leaders will speak to the historical significance of the occasion.
| For Humanities Engagement Scholars: Calling for Student Volunteers. —Creative Walls Projects: Three student groups are being formed to create projects focusing on Border-Walls, Fire-Walls, and Sea-Walls respectively. The groups are encouraged to think and work creatively, innovatively, and inventively with these different kinds of Walls (whether as problems or solutions), how they have been used in the past, how they are being used now, and how they could/should be used to address likely problems and challenges of the future. Funding is available to offset some costs connected to materials used for the projects (for example: art materials such as brushes, paints, etc.; photo reproductions; regular and 3D printing costs; costs connected to displaying the projects, etc. To join a group contact Will Hasty (<hasty@ufl.edu>). To join the Border-Walls, Firewalls, or Seawalls WhatsApp Groups, send a text message to Will Hasty 352-359-2274. Projects will be displayed and presented by the groups during the November 14 Commemorative Evening. |