The Danforth Campus 38th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Commemoration will take place on Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, from 2-3:30 p.m. in Grah am Chapel.
The commemoration theme is "Responsibility\," in spired by the quote: "Ultimately individual responsibility lies not in the external situation but in the internal response." - Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, from his sermon\, "Accepting Responsibility for Your Actions" delivered in Atlanta\, Georgia\, on July 26\, 1953.
Harvey Fields\, P h.D.\, Founding Dean and Assistant Professor of Chemistry\, College of STEM at Harris-Stowe State University\, will deliver the keynote address.
Additional speakers include Chancellor Andrew D. Martin\, Ph.D.\; Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo\, Ph.D.\, Senior Assistant Dean of Advising\, College of Ar ts & Sciences and Lecturer in the African and African-American Studies Depa rtment\; and the Reverend Callista Isabelle\, Director for Religious\, Spir itual\, and Ethical Life.
The program will feature presentations of t he “Martin Luther King\, Jr. Youth Service Award” and the “Rosa L. Parks Aw ard for Meritorious Service to the Community.”
Student performances w ill showcase Black Anthology\, the Unending Praise Gospel Acapella Choir an d the Washington University Concert Choir. Hussein Amuri\, President of the Student Union (SU)\, and Spencer Snipe\, Vice President of the Association of Black Students (ABS)\, will serve as co-hosts.
Comm
unity Service Project
Join us before the commemoration for a
community service project from noon - 2 p.m. in the Danforth University Cen
ter (DUC) Tisch Commons. Activities include assembling dental hygiene kits
for the Youth and Family Center\, care packages for the unhoused\, blankets
for area animal shelters and cards for local senior citizens.
Both the community service project and commemoration ceremony are f ree and open to the public.
Donations of canned goods and hy giene items will be gratefully accepted. A reception will follow the commem oration in the DUC Tisch Commons.
For more details\, please visit the Danforth Campus Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration website.
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