“Our celebration of Dr. King’s birthday at Indiana University is an opportunity to pause and reflect upon Dr. King’s hallmark strategies: collaboration, peaceful expression and intellectual engagement,” Martin McCrory, vice provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity and associate vice president for Academic Support and ?Diversity, said in an email.
Campus will be busy with activities, guest speakers and film sessions inspired by Dr. King’s work.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Leadership Breakfast will kick off Monday’s celebration at 8 a.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall with keynote speaker Myra Selby.
Sponsored by several groups on campus, the Civil Rights Immersion Trip will take a group of about 50 students to Tuskegee, Ala. to promote the historical and current knowledge of the equality movement. Cost of attendance will be $30.
FASE Advisory Board and the 21st Century Scholars Program will conduct a Day of Service from 1 p.m. to ?4 p.m. Monday at the Interfaith Winter Shelter. The organization is currently accepting student volunteers to help provide the homeless with necessities in their ?Cover Bloomington Project.
The Building Bridges Award will once again honor a nominated member of the community that has captured the spirit of King. Awardees will be recognized during the leadership ?breakfast at IMU Alumni Hall.
Those receiving the award will fall into one of the following categories: undergraduate student, graduate/professional student or student instructor, faculty, staff and community ?member/organization.
Inspired by King, students will perform “Encounters & Collisions,” IU Contemporary Dance Theatre Winter Concert at Ruth N. Halls, Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center. Shows will be 7:30 p.m. this Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and ?2 p.m. Sunday. Admission will be $25 to the public, $15 for students and $20 for seniors. Group discounts are available.
MLK Day Unity Summit will bring together students to discuss “what it means to be successful at Indiana University” from 12:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Monday at IMU Alumni Hall. Free lunch will be provided.
Various additional documentaries, screenings, food drives and cultural celebration events will be shown across campus in honor of King’s legacy.
Roberta Radovich, University Campus and Program Specialist for the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs, said MLK Jr. Day is a day for ?remembering King.
She said it is primarily a time to look to the future and embody the work he has left for us to continue.
Radovich said she looks forward most to seeing the campuswide effort from students for the holiday. She said the involvement that is carried out at IU is really ?impressive.
“When you step back and look at all the incredible events happening — and the community built, based on this one celebration — it really makes you proud to be at IU and to be a Hoosier,” ?Radovich said.
She stated Vice Provost McCrory has “brought the legacy of Herman B Wells back to IU” through this community he created since being in office, especially through events such ?MLK Jr. Day.
For more information on events:
Civil Rights Immersion Trip: contact Barry Magee at bmagee@indiana.edu
Day of Service: contact Caty Munden at cdmunden@indiana.edu
Encounters and Collisions Winter Concert: contact the Theatre and Drama House Manager at thtrhm@indiana.edu or call 812-855-1103
Unity Summit: contact Nichelle Whitney at whitneyn@umail.iu.edu
