MARQUETTE, MI-- Northern Michigan University is celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this week.
Monday at noon an Equity March will start at the Forest Roberts Theatre and make its way to the Lodge. Programs to honor Dr. King begin at 12:15 p.m., including Poetry Without Borders.
At 1:30 p.m. the Volunteer Center is holding a Day of Service. Participants will create dog toys out of old T-shirts and donate them to UPAWS. Volunteers head to the U.P. Children’s Museum at 2:15 to read diversity and civil rights books to kids, or whatever else the museum needs help with.
Also this week, Donte Curtis, Donzell Dixson, and Elijah Kondeh will talk about social justice, leadership, and finding your passion. The event takes place Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Jamrich Hall, room 1320.
And this year’s Diversity Common Reader book, Redefining Realness, will be handed out free to currently enrolled students Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Hedgcock Atrium.
