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How to remember MLK at MSU

January 16, 2017
<p>Photo courtesy of MSU Archives</p>

Photo courtesy of MSU Archives

The following events are free according to www.inclusion.msu.edu, however, some may require registration or reservations in advance.

MLK Day Awareness Project

The event will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Union in Room 50. The event’s goal is to create 1,000 #BreakTheSilence posters about a social issue facing our community. Then participants will sign a #BreakTheSilence banner and bring their posters to join a MLK Commemorative March. Participants will show their posters across campus, prominently displaying their social issue of focus. The goal is to start positive conversations about improving the community between Spartans.

Student Leadership Conference

The purpose of the Student Leadership Conference is to develop the leadership potential of current students, to provide a platform to elevate student voices, to demonstrate the value of dialogue across difference, and to facilitate the building of inclusive communities, according to the event’s page online. It will take place at 10 a.m. in the Ballroom at the Union.

Commemorative March

The march beings at 3:15 p.m. at the Ballroom at the Union and will head the Beaumont Tower.

Civil and Human Rights Exhibit and Artistic Student Performance

The event will begin at 4:15 p.m. at the MSU Museum. In addition, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Endowed Scholarship application deadline is February 28.

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