APRIL 4-5, 2008
Greater Mt. Zion Church

The Southern Maryland Symposium on Race, Justice and Citizenship

Featuring Harvard University Professor
and Civic Activist

Dr. Charles Ogletree

In Memory of the 40th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Includes:

• Keynote Speaker
• Continental Breakfast and Lunch
• Vendors/Exhibitors
• Choice of more than 20 Breakout Sessions

Strands:

• Strategies for Eliminating the Achievement Gaps/NCLB
• Diversity/Human Relations/Cross Cultural
• Understanding
• Positive School Climate
• Parent/Community Involvement

Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008
Time: 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Place: Great Mills High School

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The fifth annual JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION will be held June 21, 2008 at Freedom Park in Lexington Park, Maryland. Click here to learn more.

Click here for events at Sotterley Plantation.

MEETINGS

The next UCAC Annual Members Meeting will be 3 PM January 20, 2008 at the Lexington Park Library. On the agenda will be the nomination and elections of the Board of Directors, annual reports, signing of the Gifting Agreement with the College of Southern Maryland, and a mini Kwanza celebration.

UCAC's Board of Directors meets quarterly on the third (or fourth) Thursday of selected months - at 7 PM at the Lexington Park Library. Meetings for 2008 are:

• January 20 (3PM) - Annual Meeting
• February 19 - Board of Directors (7PM Rm A)
• March 13 - Juneteenth Planning (6:30 Conf Rm)
• April 10 - Juneteenth Planning (6:30 Conf Rm)
• May 1 - Juneteenth Planning (6:30 Conf Rm)
• May 29 - Board of Directors (7 PM Rm A)
• June 12 - Juneteenth Planning (6:30 Conf Rm)
• September 11 - Board of Directors (7PM Rm A)
• November - 13 Board of Directors (7PM Rm A)

EXHIBITS

UCAC has created and produced several exhibits. Internet versions of these exhibits will be published on this site in 2007. Our exhibits include Get On the Bus and African American Schools during a Century of Segregation.

DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS

UCAC has also sponsored related productions including the dramatic productions CROSSROADS: On Common Ground and PASS IT ON.

The last dramatic production was The Cocoonery, a play set during the civil war in a St. Mary's County poorhouse. The world premiere was held April 21-30, 2006 --- at the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center on the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland. Playwright and former UCAC president, Merideth Taylor, received an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council for Cocoonery.Click here to learn more.

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