[Alumni-chat] Coretta Scott King Center

[Michael Brower]

On Dec 13, 2007, at 4:18 PM, John Dawson wrote:
> What exactly are the details concerning the funding of the CSK  
> center?  Is it self-supporting?  Or does it require monies from the  
> College?
>
> John

John and all,

I have been waiting for a more official complete answer.   In the  
meantime, I can give you a partial, and perhaps inaccurate or outdated  
answer.  The short answer is that the CSK Center is NOT funded, is NOT  
endowed, and does require funding from the College or the University.   
And MUST be strongly supported soon to survive at all, and to surive  
separate from the University.   When Dana Patterson was hired to be  
Director of the Center, it was made clear to her that part of her job  
(the major part?) was to fund raise!

More details:

1.  Some months ago, after the Trustees announced suspension, my  
memory says that Toni announced somewhere, or Dana passed on to us  
that Toni had told her, that she, Dana, and the CSK Center had one  
year to raise some amount, perhaps $100,000, to coninue for some time  
(one year?) in its present status.  I have searched my hard dirve but  
cannot find that messsage.  Dana, can you verify this, or correct it?

2.   Dana did send to Mark Reynolds, who passed on to us, the  
following email on September 24 of this year.

Dana, can you clarify for us your current situation?  And, from me, my  
warm personal regards and fond wishes.  And my sympathies that you and  
the CSK Center, have been caught up in this current horrendous mish- 
mash.

3.  And to all of us, as we soon resume our major fund raising  
efforts, PLEASE, let us all put a top key strong major priority on  
raising first survival funds for, and then a huge endowment for, the  
CSK Center.  There is no graduate of Antioch, no human being, no  
cause, which better signifies the greatness of the recent Antioch  
College, the Antioch that Coretta attended and gave so much credit to  
for her personal growth and devopment.  We owe it to her, and to her  
legacy, and to our promises to her, and to her role in helping Martin,  
and to the future of humankind, to fund and endow and keep alive and  
thriving the Center which she gave us her name for.

-- Mike Brower '55

PS.  John's original message included a cc to Everette Freeman at:  everette.freeman at asuramus.edu 
.  But Comcast refused to send you this message until I pulled that  
out.  Anyone have a correct current emaiol for Everette?

From: Mark Reynolds <markyvee at sbcglobal.net>
Date: September 24, 2007 6:12:45 PM EDT
To: communications at antiochians.org
Subject: [Communications] CSK Center news
Reply-To: Antiochian Communications <communications at antiochians.org>

The current/future status of the Coretta Scott King Center was  
discussed briefly on our last call.  Here's the latest, shared as  
fyi.  I'll try to touch base w/Dana before our next call.

Mark

Dana Patterson <dpatterson at antioch-college.edu> wrote:
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:05:56 -0400
Subject: Re: Alumni of Color Database and a Edith Scott-Beagly's  
response to Closing.
To: "J. Lawrence Smith" <smith_jl at bellsouth.net>
CC: Kaarak at aol.com, JewelG at aol.com, teubanks at austinvoices.org,
Markyvee at sbcglobal.net, dgrier1 at msn.com, emillerw at gmail.com,
kuf2 at psu.edu, wilburn22701 at earthlink.net,
Maceo.Cofield at notes.udayton.edu, duffy at antioch-college.edu,
Dona.Green at nychc.org, GRAMIRKALI at aol.com, Eric.Ingrum at modot.mo.gov,
davidhouse at housearts.com, grahamjewel at sbcglobal.net,
ecomegys at yahoo.com
From: "Dana Patterson" <dpatterson at antioch-college.edu>

Greetings all,

I have not heard from this listserve in a while and wanted to take a
moment to let folks know that I recently met with Toni Murdock (Antioch
University Chancellor) about the status of the CSKC. I talked to her
about the plan I submitted to maintain the CSKC (even if the college is
suspended in June). It was a good talk and there is a strategy in place.

On another note, we are planning a grand fundraising gala on March 27,
2008 and would love to have suggestions for people and/or  
organizations to
contact that might well want to be invited because our goals coincide  
with
their own. The piece that continues to be extremely clear is that we  
must
raise funds. We are attempting our own independent efforts in this  
regard
but if you know of folks we can contact, please let us know. On the
larger scope, the Alumni board and the office of Development are on the
move to raise the funds needed to maintain the college after June. We
know that support to those efforts contributes to the overall health of
the college and all of its programs. We, at the CSKC, urge you to
consider supporting their efforts if you have not already done so. From
what I understand they will be in contact with you soon.

Peace and Blessings,
Dana

Dana Murray Patterson, PhD
Director, Coretta Scott King Center for
Cultural and Intellectual Freedom and
Special Assistant to the President for Institutional Diversity
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
(937) 769-1785 office
dpatterson at antioch-college.edu



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