UMW MLK Keynote Speaker Focuses on the Future With Jan. 24 Presentation
January 22, 2024 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Binge-watching C-SPAN from his great-grandmother’s couch was just the beginning for Tylik McMillan. “That’s the only thing she watched,” he said. And as he sat there, too, seeing politics play out on the screen, he pictured himself – and other young men and women of color – with their own seat at the table. Now […]
Filed Under: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, MLK keynote, Top Stories, Tylik McMillan Tagged With: James Farmer Multicultural Center
MLK Celebration Week Draws Upon Service and the Arts
January 17, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
In the tight text of her Twitter bio, Tara Murray uses these words to describe herself: human rights defender, truth teller, justice lover, freedom fighter. A civil and human rights lawyer in Washington, D.C., she’ll share more of her story tomorrow as the keynote speaker for the University of Mary Washington’s Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Filed Under: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Top Stories Tagged With: James Farmer Multicultural Center, msanford
