Past Events and Programs

Multicultural Affairs has sponsored a number of well-received activities in the past, all aiming to educate the Nazareth community. Past events and programs have included:

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• Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations
• Mardi Gras Campus Celebrations
• Nazareth College Arts Center Events
• U.S. Postal Service Essay Contest for the Rochester School Community

The college also brings to campus many renowned speakers, who lecture on topics ranging from racism to multicultural education. A few speakers who have graced our campus are:

• Alexis M. Herman, United States' 23rd Secretary of Labor
• Deborah Mathis, nationally syndicated columnist and author
• Dr. David Satcher, Surgeon General of the United States
• Dr. Alvin Poussaint, author, psychiatrist, educator and social critic
• Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X
• Linda Villarosa, editor of Essence Magazine
• Ernesto Cardinal, student of Thomas Merton
• Julian Bond, civil rights activist, educator, first black vice presidential nominee
• Morris S. Dees, Jr., civil rights activist and bestselling author
• Randall Robinson, author of The Debt:What America Owes to Blacks