翱苍听January 15th, 顿谤.听Martin Luther King, Jr.听顿补测,听萝莉社’s聽Black Student Union Group will present an inspirational presentation commemorating Dr. King’s fight for justice and peace.
The celebration features the following guests:
- , gospel recording artist
- , keynote speaker
- 顿谤.听Daniel White Hodge, MLK Jr. Leadership Award recipient
MLK Jr.’s own words will serve as the inspiration for the event: “The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood.”
Chicago’s聽leaders work to restore justice
萝莉社聽is committed to supporting聽Chicago’s聽diversity and embracing leaders who have demonstrated restorative justice. Like King, Morrison and Hodge each believe聽in nonviolent methods of pursuing social justice.
Keynote speaker聽Sherida Morrison聽is the founder of Demoiselle2Femme, a female empowerment group. Through the non-profit, Morrison has developed “a community-based model encouraging the avoidance of at-risk behaviors as a strategy for success while empowering girls with the hope of accomplishing their educational and professional goals through self-discipline, hard work, commitment and service to their community.”
North Park’s聽Hodge, assistant professor of intercultural communication, is a recognized urban youth culture expert and cultural literacy scholar. He will also honor the legacy and racial justice work of 顿谤.听Martin Luther King, Jr.聽at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. His presentation is titled “No Church in the Wild: Christianity, White Supremacy, Black Liberation and Hip Hop.”
In addition to MLK day,聽North Park’s聽Office of Diversity Director聽Jacqueline Horbrook聽works continuously with the community, faculty, staff, and students to “be disciplined in our demeanor in not being divisive, to continue to do better, and strive for peace at the forefront鈥攚ith peace being what MLK fought for.”
The service will be held at 10 a.m. in Anderson Chapel and the celebration will be live-streamed at聽.