The University of Louisville’s Engage Lead Serve Board will host the second annual Engage Kentucky Symposium 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Bingham Humanities Building.

The Engage Kentucky Symposium is a social change-oriented event that will cover social justice topics including: creating a revolution, the power of social media, racial justice, allyship, sustainability, fundraising/grant writing, collaborative professionals, motivation and inspiration, food justice, storytelling and more.

“I hope people will be fired up about social justice and better understand how to use their strengths to positively impact others, their community and our world,” said Bridgette Hildreth, ELSB’s director of training and leadership. “I want the symposium to evoke lasting and effective inspiration as people move further along the active citizen continuum: from being a member of an organization, to a volunteer, toward being a conscientious citizen and becoming an active citizen.”

The symposium will consist of a welcome reception catered by Panera, a keynote address, several breakout sessions, and lunch catered by Qdoba.

will deliver the conference keynote. The Ashlees deliver keynotes and training that help teams and organizations delve into social justice.

“I think they will inspire participants to leave seeking ways to give back to the community through meaningful ways with the strengths they possess,” Hildreth said.

Register for the free 2017 Engage Kentucky Symposium.

Educator Tony Monteiro will discuss “The Revolutionary Example of Paul Robeson: Tools for Today’s Activists” at 7 p.m. in Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium. The talk and reception afterward are free and public.

The event is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences’ international, diversity and engagement programs office, Pan-African studies department and Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research.

Monteiro, former co-director of Temple University’s Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought, helps teach a social justice course at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been an activist for civil rights, black power, African liberation and world peace and against the death penalty.

Monteiro will talk about how the social justice issues Robeson championed are resurfacing in activism about police treatment and mass incarceration. Robeson, who died in 1976, was an athlete who went on to become a lawyer and well-known singer and actor on stage and in films such as “Show Boat” and “The Emperor Jones.” He became a world activist against racial injustice and was blacklisted during the McCarthyism period in the 1950s.