Post Tagged with: "Martin Luther King Day of Service"

MLK Jr. Celebration Kicks Off with Student Poster Contest, Due by Jan. 11

Marchers pray at Galbreath Chapel during a past MLK Jr. Silent March event
Photo courtesy of: University Communications and Marketing

Ohio University will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in January 2018 on the Athens Campus. The annual celebration is coordinated by the University’s MLK Jr. Celebration Planning Committee and is sponsored by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion. These are some of the committee-sponsored […]

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December 2, 2017 at 1:45 pmEvents

Martin Luther King Celebration | Prophetic Faith in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter, Jan. 14

Martin Luther King Celebration | Prophetic Faith in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter, Jan. 14

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture is cosponsoring two events during the Martin Luther King Celebration and would like to encourage all to attend events scheduled throughout the celebration. The first event is on Saturday, Jan. 14, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Multicultural Center Multipurpose Room with Judge Terri B. Jamison to […]

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January 1, 2017 at 8:45 pmEvents

MLK Committee Exceeds Goal for School Supply Drive

Trimble School Supply Drop Off Feb. 5, 2015.

The MLK Committee would like to thank the Ohio University community for its generous donations for the MLK Jr. first annual school supply drive, which ended on Jan. 30, 2015. With the help of faculty, staff and students and the $200 contribution from Athens Walmart and Larry Conrath Realty, the community […]

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February 11, 2015 at 8:34 amNews

MLK and Strategies for Social Change, Jan. 23

MLK and Strategies for Social Change: Then & Now is a panel discussion about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s strategic vision for creating social change and how activists are inspired by him today in the struggle for racial justice. The panel discussion is Friday, Jan. 23, from […]

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January 23, 2015 at 6:30 pmEvents

School Supplies Needed for MLK Day of Service Collection by Jan. 30

School Supplies Needed for MLK Day of Service Collection by Jan. 30

Ohio University celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a Day of Service school supply drive for Trimble Elementary School. The last day to donate is Jan. 30. Collection sites are Alden Library second and fourth floors Cutler Hall African American Studies Department (31 S. […]

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January 22, 2015 at 8:32 pmNews

Human Rights Lecture on Mass Imprisonment, Jan. 22

Human Rights Lecture on Mass Imprisonment, Jan. 22

Professor Sheila Bedi delivers a public lecture as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day events on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 5-7 p.m. in Baker Ballroom A. Her lecture is on “Tearing Down the Walls:  The Urgent Human Rights Crisis in U.S. Prisons and Jails and the Imperative to […]

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January 22, 2015 at 6:45 pmEvents

Campus Conversation Focuses on Racial Dynamics, Inequality, Jan. 20

The Ohio University and Athens communities are invited to Ohio Univesity’s first Campus Conversation of the spring semester, which will allow participants to ask questions, raise concerns, share their personal experiences and engage in constructive conversations on issues of racial dynamics and inequality. “Campus Conversations: Racial Dynamics and Inequality” is […]

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January 20, 2015 at 11:30 amEvents