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SPECIAL CROWN FORUM

The 江南体育 Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Presents
Voices for Peace: Nobel Laureates on Nuclear Disarmament

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM 鈥� 7:00 PM
Venue: Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, 江南体育

Join us for a powerful conversation on global security and the urgent call for nuclear disarmament. This special Crown Forum will feature:

Dr. Ira Helfand, M.D.
Nobel Peace Laureate & Renowned Advocate for Nuclear Abolition

Dr. Helfand, a leading voice in the fight against nuclear weapons, will share insights on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear war and the role of activism in shaping a more peaceful world. This event is open to the 江南体育 community and the public.

A COMMUNITY TRADITION

Crown Forum is a communal tradition that is mandatory for all students and that extends from the 19th century founding of the School to the 21st-century Institution of today. The spiritual core of Crown Forum provides a grounding space where students are connected to and develop their dynamic humanity.

There is special attention given to the articulation of and exposure to social justice across Crown Forum sessions. Accordingly, the radical interdependent community of students is prompted explicitly within the dimensions of justice, identity, action, and diversity. And there is the demand of students to understand their responsibility with respect to servant leadership and a global citizenry.

REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES

It is mandatory that students earn a passing grade of 鈥淧鈥� for six semesters of Crown Forum in order to walk for graduation.
A passing grade is earned for one semester by demonstrating attendance in a minimum of eight Crown Forum sessions and a having 70% or higher prompt average. Crown Forum sessions will include traditional, Thursday at 11 a.m. Crown Forums, and Alternative Crown Forums [ie. Crown Forum After Dark, Crown Forum Conversation, Crown Forum Classrooms].
There are no 鈥渆xcuses鈥� accepted for missing Crown Forum or opportunities to 鈥渕ake-up鈥� missed sessions as there are at least 12 Crown Forum sessions per semester.
Study Abroad students and Transfer students are required to complete one semester of Crown Forum for each semester they are in residence at the College. For example, if you study abroad for one semester of your junior year, you are required to complete five semesters of Crown Forum; if you transfer to 江南体育 as an incoming sophomore, you are required to complete six semesters of Crown Forum.
Crown Forum attendance is self-documented by the student scholar with the completion of session-related prompts that are administered through Blackboard within a limited timeframe after the conclusion of a Crown Forum session. It is the responsibility of the student to complete session prompts within the given time. Responses to prompts is the ONLY way one鈥檚 attendance and grade for Crown Forum is determined.
A non-response to Crown Forum prompts yields a non-attendance for a Crown Form session.
Students must track their attendance and scores on completed prompts through Blackboard to determine progress and success.
If there is technical difficulty with your Blackboard engagement that compromises your ability to complete Crown Forum sessions, notify your advisor and IT immediately, crown.forum@morehouse.edu, so that a resolution can be found quickly.
Crown Forum is credit-bearing with 0.5 credit hour earned per semester.
It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they are enrolled in Crown Forum for the six semesters required.

SPRING SCHEDULE

Crown Forum鈥� Thursdays at 11 am, Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel

1.16 - Why We Can鈥檛 Wait: On the Eve of King Day and the Inauguration of 45/47
1.23 - MLK, Jr. Crown Forum Observation
1.30 - Positive Black Masculinity
2.6 - The Otis Moss, Jr. and Otis Moss, III Oratorical Crown Forum
2.13 - Founders Day Crown Forum
2.20 - In Conversation: Dr. David Wall Rice Speaks with Demond Martin, CEO & Founder of WellWithAll.
2.27 - International Comparative Labor Studies (ICLS)
3.20 - The Bayard Rustin Crown Forum
3.27 - Phi Beta Kappa/The BR Brazeal Crown Forum
4.3 - Scholars Day Crown Forum
4.10. - The Benjamin Elijah Mays Crown Forum
4.17 - Seniors Day Crown Forum

Download the Spring 2025 Crown Forum Schedule

READING LIST

In the spirit of scholarship and widening the aperture of Crown Forum engagement please click the link below to access the most up-to-date Reading List.