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Western Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Contact: Kent Heier
Phone: (816)-271-4124
Title: Assist. Public Relations/Marketing Director
Email: kheier@missouriwestern.edu
WESTERN COMMEMORATES DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
St. Joseph, Mo. —Jan. 12, 2009—The Center for Multicultural Education (CME) at Missouri Western State University will host the second annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Call to Action. This year, the commemorative, reflective and celebratory events will be held over the course of one week, Jan. 18-23. All events are open to the public.
The CME has partnered with several St. Joseph organizations including St. Joseph Youth Alliance, Heartland Foundation, AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America and others to provide an opportunity for community members to discuss social justice and peace as it pertains to our everyday lives. Community members will also be able to participate in service projects and engage in a panel discussion about the dream of Dr. King, as well as view several documentaries associated with civil rights.
Week-long activities include the Living History Museum and service project from Jan. 18-23 in Leah Spratt Hall, Enright Community Room 214-216. Also during the week, art by local students elementary, junior high and high school students will be exhibited in Spratt Hall Atrium Monday, Jan. 19 and Nelle Blum Union second floor lobby Tuesday, Jan. 20 through Friday, Jan. 23. Events begin at 9 a.m. every day.
Throughout the week individual events are planned for each day. Events include:
• Sunday, Jan. 18 – Peace and Social Justice Rally at 1 p.m. in the Blum Union Lobby; Get on the Bus, a free shuttle to downtown at St. Joseph at 2 p.m. from the Blum Union; Marching for our Rights – Commemorating the March on Washington at 3 p.m. from Felix St. Square to City Hall; and a community gathering at 5 p.m. at Francis Street First United Methodist Church, 12th and Francis Streets.
• Monday, Jan. 19 – Information Fair starting at 8 a.m. and lasting all day in the Blum Union Lobby. Refreshments will be served. Civil Rights leaders display starting at 9 a.m. in Spratt Hall breezeway; opening remarks by Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Western’s president, at 10 a.m. in the Blum Union Lobby; The Dream Deferred panel discussion at 12 p.m. in the Blum Union Lobby; Oratory Explorations, speeches on civil rights, at 2 p.m. in Spratt Hall, Kemper Recital Hall 101; and a showing of the documentary “Four Little Girls” at 4 p.m. in Spratt 205. Western will not hold classes this day in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
• Tuesday, Jan. 20 – Brown bag lunch hour and showing of the documentary “February One” at 12 p.m. in Blum Union 223. Food is not provided.
• Wednesday, Jan. 21 – Brown bag lunch hour and showing of the documentary “The Road to Brown” at 12 p.m. in Blum Union 223. Food is not provided. Showing of the movie “Ruby Bridges” at 6 p.m. at East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine.
• Thursday, Jan. 22 – NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet at 6 p.m. in the Fulkerson Center. Cost is $15 for students and $25 for the community. RSVP to the CME by 4:30 p.m. Jan. 16.
For more information, contact Tay Triggs, director of the CME, at 816-271-4150 or cme@missouriwestern.edu.
Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves.
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