Minority Affairs Dean Don Williams hosts the 14th Annual Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance meeting at the Ford Fieldhouse in Grand Rapids. This was one of this week's many ways GVSU is particpating in King Holiday.
Listen to Martin Luther King III's address to Grand Valley.CLICK HERE.
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The son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. led a march and spoke about his father's famous dream on the campus of Grand Valley State University on Monday, January 17.
Martin Luther King III kicked off a week of activities at GVSU in recognition of King Holiday 2000, which is on the 17th this year. Martin Luther King III is the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Like his father, the younger King has been a human rights advocate, community activist, and political leader. In the late 1970s President Jimmy Carter asked King to represent him in two official delegations to promote peace in foreign countries. In 1984 he traveled five draught-stricken African nations on a fact-finding tour as a member of the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. On January 15, 1998, the anniversary of his father's birth, King began his service as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded in 1957 by his father.
On Monday evening, King was the keynote speaker at the 14th annual Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance program. Held at the Gerald R. Ford Fieldhouse at Grand Rapids Community College, the event kicks off a series of events planned for the year by the Secchia Millennium Commission.
In recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Week, the GVSU Office of Minority Affairs is also sponsoring the following events:
¿ January 18, 12-1:30 p.m. Local artist Paul Collins spoke at the annual MLK Luncheon, in the Kirkhof Center on the Allendale campus. Soul food will be served. Limited seating.
¿ January 20, 7-9 p.m. The GVSU Black Student Union will present a civil rights program in the Kirkhof Center.
¿ January 21, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. A Unity Dance for all GVSU students, in the Grand River Room of the Kirkhof Center.
