The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs’ Access and Community Initiatives will commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a weeklong series of events.
To kick off the week, the AuburnServes Volunteer Fair will be held in the Student Center on Friday, Jan. 16, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
This event allows various nonprofit agencies to inform students and community members about their agencies and service opportunities.
On Monday, Jan. 19, the MLK Annual Scholarship Breakfast will be held at The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center.
Also on this day, the community-wide day of service, A Day On and Not A Day Off, will be held from 7:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
Flute Juice Productions presents Galen Abdur-Razzaq on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 6-7:30 p.m at The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center.
From Montclair, New Jersey, Abdur-Razzaq is a flutist who has performed internationally and domestically for the last 30 years.
Black Poets Speak Out, an event sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts Creative Writing, will feature participants reading original and published poetry with justice themes.
This will take place on the open-air forum in front of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.
The final event to close the series is the Community Justice Forum, which will be held on Friday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m. This event, which will take place at Harris Center, is focused on exchanging information and views on juvenile justice and allows individuals, public service agency professionals and community-based organizations an opportunity to discuss.
More information about any of these events and contact information to reserve tickets can be found on the University's website.
Students, faculty and community members are welcome to attend. Many events are free and open to the public to attend. For more information, visit the website for events that require preregistration.
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