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 In hopes of commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. our campus will proudly be hosting a week of programs and events dedicated to honoring the memory of this great American Icon. One of our biggest and most cherished campus traditions is the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Day of Service.
Volunteers from across campus and the surrounding community will come together on Monday, January 21st to lend a helping hand and inspire long lasting and positive change throughout the Metro Detroit area. This year will mark the 15th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and our campus will once again be partnering on this special event with The United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Henry Ford Community College, and Madonna University. Volunteers will be dispersed throughout the metropolitan Detroit area to support local community agencies in fulfilling their valuable missions.
Dr. King is best remembered as an African American minister whose strong hope for social change never swerved his belief in nonviolence. During the American Civil Rights movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s, King encouraged nonviolent methods to protest segregation such as boycotts of the city buses that gave preferential treatment to whites, sit-ins at lunch counters that refused to serve African Americans and mass rallies to draw attention to the civil rights cause.
Due to an overwhelming response, registration is now closed. Please direct questions to Randy Dillard by e-mail (rdillard@umd.umich.edu) or phone (313-593-5390)
For more information concerning the Day of Service or week of commemoration for Dr. King you can contact Randy J. Dillard rdillard@umd.umich.edu
(313) 593-5390
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