Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray: An American Dramatic Cantata (INT 100/201 Approved!)
Saturday, March 21, 2026
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Off Campus
Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
Saturday, March 21: Michigan premier of the dramatic cantata Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray, sung by the Grand Rapids Women’s Chorus and guest soloists.
- 6:30 – 7:00 pm Ayana Weekley (Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies) will give a lecture about Pauli Murray’s prolific writing career in the Fountain Street Church chapel.
- 7:30 – 9:00 Sincerely Yours, Pauli Murray Cantata in the Fountain Street Church sanctuary. The Grand Rapids Women’s Chorus is over a hundred singers, including several GVSU employees: Lindsay Ellis (English), Dana Munk (Sport Management), and Kel Nemetz (CLAS Dean’s Office).
This event is free with donations accepted at the door.
Together, these faculty and staff will bring Pauli Murray’s
enduring message of justice, equality, and resilience to life.
Pauli Murray's legal arguments influenced the desegregation of US schools, the Voting Rights Act, and the inclusion of women in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In addition, Pauli Murray coined the term "Jane Crow" to draw attention to the discrimination of black women that persisted after the Jim Crow laws in the South were overturned. Murray's legal writing, poetry, and sermons later in life established an understanding of intersectional identities. As an activist citizen throughout their life, Murray used letters to President and Eleanor Roosevelt, legal papers, poetry, and sermons to advocate for social justice. S/he wrote: "One person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement.” Come be inspired!
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Dr. Lindsay Ellis, [email protected]
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This event was added to the calendar by Kelli Nemetz (nemetzke@gvsu.edu) on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 and was last updated on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:43 a.m.
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