Join the WVU Center for Black Culture in honoring the life of Martin Luther King Jr. during a unity breakfast from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday (Jan. 15) in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.
Jeneisha Harris, an activist, a community leader and the author of “Black Girl, Cry,” is the keynote speaker. Harris is a self-proclaimed rebel who works to empower Black women through literature and sisterhood and organize communities through Black nonprofits in Nashville, Tennessee.
Anitra Hamilton, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and WVU alumna, is the recipient of the 2024 MLK Achievement Award.
Find more information including the agenda and link to register.
The community is also invited to “Greatness Determined by Service: An Afternoon of Reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.,” hosted by the WVU Center for Community Engagement and AmeriCorps VISTA, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Gluck Theater.
The afternoon event will provide a space for attendees to engage in reflection based on speeches and activities around King’s work.
The events are free and open to the public.
For questions, contact Javier McCoy, interim director of the Center for Black Culture, at Javier.Mccoy@mail.wvu.edu.