MLK Memorial Service

A memorial service is being held for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Memorial Chapel on Tuesday the 27th:

The service will feature a student reflection, performances by the Roadside Girls and Ebony Singers, and a Keynote Address by Dr. Robert D. Bullard. Dr. Bullard is a distinguished professor at Clark University and a leading expert and author of books on environmental racism and environmental justice. For more information, visit: www.wesleyan.edu/mlk/

If you are interested in attending a luncheon with Dr. Bullard, register by sending an e-mail to: stuact(at)wesleyan.edu. The luncheon is open to the first 30 respondents and will take place at noon in the Usdan University Center. If you have questions, direct them to Tim Shiner: tshiner(at)wesleyan.edu.

Date: Tuesday, January 27
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Memorial Chapel

MLK Day events to be held next week

As Dean Whaley noted in a recent email to students, there will be a celebration for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day next week. Details can be found at wesleyan.edu/mlk.

On Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Wesleyan University will celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, a singer and composer who founded the internationally renowned a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, will join us for the celebration. Dr. Reagon, who received an honorary degree from Wesleyan in 2001, will facilitate a lunch discussion and give the keynote address at the community-wide celebration to be held at 4:15 pm in Memorial Chapel. This celebration also will feature music from the Roadside Girls and The Ebony Singers, a student reflection, remarks from President Michael S. Roth and excerpts from Dr. King’s 1964 Baccalaureate Address.