Week of service and reflection honoring legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Week includes food drive, silent march, and reception
Week of service and reflection honoring legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is Jan. 28-Feb. 3
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University will hold a week of service and reflection events from Jan. 28-Feb. 3 to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., which includes a week-long food drive and a Jan. 31.
Starting at Oxford Uptown Parks at 4:30 p.m., the silent march features select speakers from ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú and the community for commemoration and reflection. The march continues to Armstrong Student Center where a reception and keynote address by Anastasia Curwood, chair and professor of History at the University of Kentucky, will be held at 5:30 in Wilks Theater.
The City of Oxford and the Oxford NAACP celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with on Jan. 15, at the Oxford Community Arts Center.
The community conversation, moderated by Vanessa Cummings, vice president of Oxford’s NAACP, included Tekeia Howard, director of programming for ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence. The observance also featured community voices from Bethel AME, Hopedale Unitarian Universalist Community, the League of Women Voters of Oxford, Oxford Area Solutions for Housing, Oxford Citizens for Peace and Justice, and the Oxford NAACP.
Ronald Scott, who served as ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s vice president for institutional diversity and retired in 2020 after 32 years at the university, gave the call to action.