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Monday, February 07, 2011

McDaniel College to hold Martin Luther King event

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Subject: Upcoming Event Reminder - On Tuesday, February 8th, McDaniel College will host a community celebration in recognition of Black History Month. Participants will gather at 5:45 p.m. on campus at the Ward Memorial Arch and then will march down Main Street to the Carroll Arts Center (CAC).

After a brief 6:30 p.m. reception in the lobby of the arts center, guests will travel “The Road to Freedom,” taking “a journey toward peace” and equality, through a multi-media presentation on CAC’s stage by Philadelphia-based Key Arts Productions. For a preview of this moving production, visit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-8AJW7j5zk&feature=related.

Dear campus and community leaders,

Did you know that, had he not been assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been speaking on the campus of Western Maryland College in mid-April 1968? What message would he have shared with us? What climate or relationships on our campus and in our community would he have witnessed and would Dr. King have addressed? How would Dr. King’s message be relevant in our lives today? Who were and are some of our very own local champions of peace, unity, justice, and equality?

It is with great excitement that I write to share with you a wonderful opportunity for us to join together the memories of where we’ve been as a community and the journey to where we are today. On Tuesday, February 8th, McDaniel College will host a community celebration in recognition of Black History Month. Participants will gather at 5:45 p.m. on campus at the Ward Memorial Arch and then will march down Main Street to the Carroll Arts Center (CAC). With candlelight and song, we hope to join together – across racial, political, denominational, and other differences – as a community that continues in its commitment to the enduring journey towards justice and respect for all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-8AJW7j5zk&feature=related.

We hope that you will join us on February 8th for this very special and symbolic "March from the Arch". Bring your families. Bring your friends. Bring friends that you haven’t met yet. Bring your songs. Bring your stories. At a time when so much divides us in our nation and world, your voice and steps towards justice can truly make a difference.

For more information, contact the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at 410-857-2791 or odma@mcdaniel.edu. This event is free and open to the public.

Peace and blessings,

Mahlia

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