By Emily Pennington

Apathy or Action:

The Struggle for Human

Rights Symposium,

April 5 -8 , various locations

The White Rose Society presents Apathy or Action: The Struggle for Human Rights Symposium where speakers will address topics on human rights in Burma, the Holocaust and the Democratic Republic of Congo at four separate events. Buddhist monk Agga Nya, a participant in the Saffron Revolution who campaigns in the U.S. for human rights in Burma, will speak and show a documentary about the revolution on April 5 in Hogg (WCH), Room 1.120, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Daniel Magilow, editor of the book “In Her Father’s Eyes: A Childhood Extinguished by the Holocaust,” will speak at Texas Hillel on April 6 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will also be an exhibit focusing on the story of the girl in the book.  Slam poet Micah Bournes, who won the Enough Project: Conflict Mineral Video Competition last year, will share his poetry on April 7 in Hogg (WCH), Room 1.120, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. And UT alumnus and founder of the organization Falling Whistles Sean Carasso will speak about his campaign to fight the use of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo on April 8 in Hogg (WCH), Room 1.120, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed

April 29, 5:30 p.m.

AT&T Center Auditorium; April 30, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,

William C. Hogg, Rm. 1.120

This year the Littlefield Lectures will be delivered by professor and and Pulitzer prize-winning author Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed. Gordon-Reed is a graduate of Harvard Law School, a professor of history at Rutgers University, a professor of law at New York Law School and the author of both “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy” and “The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family,” which won a Pulitzer and a National Book Award.

“Dr. Gordon-Reed has brought new light and perspective to the complex interactions between slaves and masters during the Revolutionary period.  Her talks will relate to her research and to the Hemings family,” said history graduate student and teaching assistant Sarah Steinbock-Pratt. “I think her lectures will be a real treat.” Gordon-Reed is also one of 20 Americans awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a White House ceremony.

Screening of “The Cove”

April 13, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Texas Union Theater

Members of the Student Events Center Film Committee, Students Against Cruelty to Animals, Student Vegetarians and the Campus Environmental Center will come together to show the 2009 Academy Award-winning documentary, “The Cove,” an investigative documentary about the capture and trade of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.

“The SEC Film Committee has been wanting to screen a documentary now for a while,” said SEC Film Committee Chair Amy Romero. “We chose ‘The Cove’ because it is current, relevant and an Academy Award winner.” The film follows an internationally recognized authority on dolphin training, a high-tech diving team and a group of passionate supporters who are determined to expose the awful truth. This documentary will simultaneously break your heart and motivate you to take action. If you’re an animal lover it’s a must-see.

“With showing a documentary film,” Romero said, “we hope that people will come out to the theater  and get a chance to see an aspect of the world they may not have been aware of before.”