MLK Week celebration planned on campus


     Arkansas State University has planned several festivities for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, a week long schedule of events titled “Near the Mountaintop – Making the Dream a Reality.”

     “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week is a variety of events, here at ASU, that allows students to come together for a selfless worthwhile cause,” said Raven Harris, a sophomore radio-television major from Pine Bluff. Harris is the Student Government Association minority affairs director who also serves on the MLK Celebration planning committee.

     Beginning Thursday, Jan. 15, and continuing through Wednesday, Jan. 21, the celebration is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Student Activities Board (SAB), Student Government Association (SGA), Volunteer Opportunities Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee, Alpha Phi Alpha, Black Student Association (BSA), Delta Sigma Theta and the NAACP.

Thursday, Jan. 15

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.     Black Student Association Birthday Cake, Reng Center

4 p.m.  Alpha Phi Alpha Unity March, beginning at Dean B. Ellis Library and Delta Sigma Theta Candlelight Vigil, Collegiate Park Clubhouse

Friday, Jan. 16

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.   Martin Luther King Jr. Brunch, Grand Hall in Fowler Center with speaker: Peggy Wright (Sponsored by SAB)

Saturday, Jan. 17
Heritage Tours, Memphis, Tenn.

Sunday, Jan. 18
Jonesboro Community Church Services

Monday, Jan. 19
9:30 a.m.           MLK Day of Service, ASU Pavilion
Abilities Unlimited Service Project
Jonesboro Parks & Recreation Clean-up
No classes on the ASU-Jonesboro campus
12 noon      Community MLK Day Parade
First Baptist Church, Kitchen Street

Tuesday, Jan. 20
7 p.m.     Alpha Phi Alpha Miss Black & Gold Pageant, Fowler Center

Wednesday, Jan. 21

3:30 – 5 p.m.  Diversity Workshops: “Are We Near the Mountaintop?” Museum Rm. 182

7 p.m.  Martin Luther King Jr. Reception and ASU Image Awards with Speaker: Mrs. Dorothy F. Cotton in the Fowler Center (sponsored by the SGA and SAB)

For more information, please call the ASU office of student involvement and leadership at 870-972-2055. 

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