Upcoming events

Jan. 15: Richard Sola, EWU Retiree, presents “Margaret Sanger and Birth Control Advocacy in Early Urban Spokane – 1916,” exploring Sanger’s time in the Spokane area using recently uncovered Sanger correspondence, from 12-12:50 p.m. in Monroe, 207.

Jan. 16: Black Lives Matter Teach-in. Mary Lou Johnson, JD, Dr. Scott Finnie, and Professors Krista Benson and Rachel Dolezal will present on public safety and criminal justice, followed by a student panel from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Patterson 126.

Jan. 17: CELLObration Spokane concert features Jeff Lastrapes, John Marshall, and the Spokane String Quartet playing the works of Schubert at 7:30 p.m. in the EWU Music Building Recital Hall.

Jan. 19: MLK Day: Make it a day on, not a day off. Faculty and students from several area colleges will join together for a Unity March from 10-11 a.m. in Downtown Spokane, a lunch noon to 1 p.m. at Riverpoint campus, followed by an afternoon of service from 1-4 p.m. No school.

Jan. 21: “What do you Know about the Civil Rights Movement?”: Dr. Kate Shuster, author of “Teaching the Movement: The State of Civil Rights Education,” will present on the lack of adequate Civil Rights education in the United States, and why Civil Rights education is important at 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Showalter Auditorium.

Jan. 21: Start Something Big grant applications are due for winter quarter in the by 5 p.m. in the Foundation Office, Hargreaves 102. For more information visit the Foundation Office or http://sites.ewu.edu/foundation/resources/start-something-big-grant/.

Jan. 21: Kate Shuster, Ph.D. will present “Civil Discourse in the Classroom and Beyond,” a workshop for faculty, staff, and student leaders on promoting civility and understanding across diverse perspectives from 2-4 p.m. in Tawanka 215, A&B.