The Mississippi Delta Project (MDP) looks forward to seeing you at our annual Delta Celebration on < strong>Tuesday\, November 4\, at 5:30 pm. The celebration/receptio n will be held in Milstein West AB of the Wasserstein building (WCC 2019) o n the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge\, MA.
The Celebr ation is an opportunity to meet and reconnect with members of the Harvard c ommunity\, the Delta Directions Consortium\, MDP student leaders\, and gues ts who share a commitment to the Delta region and supporting rural communit ies. We will also be joined by the Delta Scholars\, who wil l be on campus as part of their Boston Conference\, a follow-up to their Su mmer Institute program in the Delta.
We are also excited to i nvite you to lunch on November 4 (12:30 pm)\, where we will enjoy a fireside chat with Dr. Oscar Brookins\, emeritus faculty in the College o f Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University. Dr. Brookins\, an accomplished economist and a native of Yazoo County\, is currently writ ing a memoir about growing up in Mississippi. We will explore themes from h is memoir and reflect on why focusing on community-centered work in the Del ta is so important in this moment. The fireside chat will also be in Mi lstein West (WCC 2019) on the Harvard Law School campus.
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