A small group braved cold winds for yesterday's 11th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Silent March, followed by a well-attended brunch honoring the late civil rights activist.
The brunch, which was held in the Baker University Center Ballroom and attended by about 300 people, featured keynote speaker Dr. R. L'Heureux Lewis, an assistant professor of sociology, black studies and public policy at the City College of New York. Lewis' speech, entitled Myanmar
Martin Luther King and Hip Hop addressed the meaning of King's dream in modern life and how it could be misinterpreted.
More or less
his main message was to kind of challenge ourselves ... to have the same kind of mindset that Dr. King had to not be complacent to where we are as a society
and to strive toward making ourselves better and progressing and going past the ideals that Dr. Martin Luther King had
said Donald Lindsay, secretary of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
The fraternity is one of eight organizations sponsoring this week's events, which will feature a group discussion, lecture and an art gallery opening on Friday.
The most well known event, however, is the silent march that began at 10 a.m. yesterday by Galbreath Chapel on College Green. Lindsay estimated there were about 30 participants in the march, a lower turnout than in the past.
It might've had a lot to have to do with the wind itself
Lindsay said. Last year
there was a lot of snow
but it wasn't as cold.
Black Student Union President Chrysten Crockett said she was disappointed by the lack of participation.
People are so quick to go to parties ... without any advertisement at all
Crockett said.
There were barely any attendants in the multicultural community as well as all together
and it kind of saddens me that the attendance was poor. ... I thought it was upsetting
