North Carolina Central University News September 14, 2012 NCCU Plans Teach-In to Mark Constitution Day on Sept. 17 North Carolina Central University will observe Constitution Day, Sept. 17, with an all-day teach-in that will explore the constitutional implications of social, political and economic issues that are crucial to American democracy. The teach-in will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at the NCCU School of Law. It will consist of a series of panel discussions on topics including voter suppression, immigration, education, health care and sexual orientation issues. Panelists will include NCCU students and members of the faculty, as well as a number of distinguished visitors. Among the visiting panelists will be N.C. State Reps. Larry Hall of Durham and Rosa Gill of Raleigh; Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina; Carol Brooke, director of the Workers Rights project at the N.C. Justice Center; Tim Tyson, writer, historian and member of the Duke University faculty; and Gene Nichol, director of the Center for Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the UNC School of Law. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. For further information about the program, contact Dr. Jarvis Hall, associate professor of political science and director of NCCU's Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change, at jhall@nccu.edu<mailto:jhall@nccu.edu> or 919-530-7256. The teach-in is sponsored by the NCCU School of Law and its Black Law Students Association, the Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change and the National HBCU Student Engagement and Empowerment Network. Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution by members of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.