MLK Advocacy for Social Justice Celebration 2024

Advocacy for Social Justice and MLK Countywide Committees’ 39th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Service of Celebration

Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, Illinois, 61801

Featured Keynote Speaker: Rev Dr. William Foster, Jr.,
Sr. Pastor of Providence Baptist Church, Chicago.

The partnership of the Advocacy for Justice and the Countywide MLK Committee will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This event will highlight the academic achievement of local area high school students in announcing this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship recipients and include the presentation of the James R. Burgess, Jr. Award, Susan Freiburg Humanitarian Award, the Doris Hoskins Prestigious Community Service Award, and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Outstanding Achievement Award.

For additional questions or to request disability-related accommodation for this event, please contact the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at diversity@illinois.edu.

Sponsors: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Advocacy for Justice Committee, MLK Countywide Committee, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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Each year, the Cities of Champaign and Urbana come together with Champaign County, the Village of Rantoul, Parkland College and the University of Illinois to host a countywide celebration honoring the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The 2024 theme for this year’s celebration is “The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.”