Danny Glover to be Keynote Speaker at King Celebration

Sunday, January 17—25th Annual University/Community Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Banquet

Monday, January 18—Carolina R.O.C.T.S. Day for Service, MLK Youth Leadership Program, Unity Dinner, He Was a Poem

Tuesday, January 19—From MLK to MILK

Wednesday, January 20—Carolina Women’s Center Brown-Bag Film Series, Annual MLK, Jr. Oratorical Contest

Thursday, January 21—Candle Light Vigil, 29th MLK, Jr. Keynote Lecture by Danny Glover, Presentation of Annual MLK, Jr. Scholarship

Friday, January 22—“I, Too, Sing America”

More information will be posted soon. Please check back.

The Chancellor's Committee for the MLK Celebration and Diversity and Multicultural Affairs are pleased to invite you to the 29th annual MLK Birthday Celebration during January 17-22, 2010.

For more information, contact Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at 919-962-6962 or by email.

The Chancellor’s Committee for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration coordinates programs and activities for the University’s annual observance honoring the life and contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. The committee thanks all of the Carolina students, faculty and staff who helped make this celebration a success.

Committee Members: Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Carolina Union Activities Board, Campus Y, The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, Black Student Movement, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Student Government, Carolina Women’s Center, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the Department of African and Afro-American Studies

Special thanks to this year’s sponsors: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Established Lecture Fund, Residence Hall Association, Housing and Residential Education, UNC Department of Athletics, Student Affairs, Carolina R.O.C.T.S., UNC National PanHellenic Council, and the UNC Chapter of NAACP