Public invited to MLK Day Celebration Thursday at Washtenaw Community College
ANN ARBOR – The public is invited to the MLK Day Celebration hosted by Washtenaw Community College (WCC) from 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, on the second floor of the Student Center building on campus. The event will also be livestreamed.
The celebration will include live music and awards and will highlight an upcoming student service project. Speakers will address one of Dr. Martin Luther’s King Jr.’s most famous quotes, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
The keynote speaker will be Washtenaw County Commissioner Caroline Sanders. Other speakers include WCC President Dr. Rose B. Bellanca and Black Student Union President Shemaiah Reeves. Musician and former WCC student Kenyatta Rashon, an Ypsilanti native, will perform at the celebration.
The theme for this year’s event is service, which will be highlighted by an invitation from the college to take part in an upcoming service day. Students who recently attended WCC’s Minority Student Leadership Retreat developed a community and family service day that will be held at Parkridge Community Center, 591 Armstrong Drive, Ypsilanti, from 3-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20.
They will offer a meal, college and career services, activities for kids and giveaways and will encourage kids to work on fun activities that reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech and how it relates to their own life. They will also create a timeline of Dr. King’s life.
“Our hope is that families will get out and do something together,” said Mia Lanier-Durkins, who recently transitioned from her former role as Coordinator of Student Engagement with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to Manager of College and Career Readiness at WCC’s Parkridge Community Center. “We know that families can transition out of poverty through college and career opportunities, and we want them to know what WCC offers. We are giving families affordable and tangible options.”
Other organizations participating in the service day activity include the WCC Workforce Development and WCC Outreach and Recruitment offices, the Corner Health Center, Michigan Reconnect and Molina Healthcare of Michigan.
The link for Thursday’s MLK Day Celebration livestream is https://wccnet-edu.zoom.us/j/89140668083.
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For details on these and other MLK Celebration events hosted by Washtenaw Community College, visit https://www.wccnet.edu/announcements/mlk-day.php.
About Washtenaw Community College
Washtenaw Community College (WCC), Ann Arbor, Michigan, educates students through a wide range of associate and certificate programs in areas such as health care, business, STEM and advanced transportation and mobility. WCC offers accelerated and online programs and is ranked the number one community college in Michigan by Intelligent.com and Schools.com. The college also works through community, business and union partnerships to develop highly specialized training programs to meet the region’s workforce talent needs.
For more information about Washtenaw Community College, visit www.wccnet.edu.
