Bates Technical College will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the school’s annual celebration this month.
Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland will provide opening remarks, and Dr. Dexter Gordon, a distinguished educator at the University of Puget Sound, will serve as keynote speaker. Gordon is a professor of communication and African-American studies, and is the director of the African-American Studies Program. The event will reflect on Dr. King’s memorable march and historic “I Have a Dream” speech, focus on the theme of Civil Rights: What Now?, and encourage attendees to reflect on the future of civil rights in America and beyond. Music will be provided by Jerusalem’s Gate.
The event will be held on Fri., Jan. 17, between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the college’s Downtown Campus Auditorium, located 1101 S. Yakima Ave., in Tacoma.
Community members are also invited to participate in the annual March for MLK on Mon., Jan. 20. The marchers will meet at 8 a.m. for refreshments at Bates Technical College’s downtown Tacoma campus cafeteria on South 11th Street and South Yakima Avenue, and will begin to march to the city’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, held at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center at 9 a.m. A shuttle will be available to return marchers to the downtown Tacoma campus following the city’s celebration.
More information is available online at bates.ctc.edu/Diversity.
To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. events and activities in Tacoma, click on the following links:
- Washington State History Museum to offer free admission on MLK Holiday (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 8, 2014)
- Tacoma to host 26th Annual MLK Birthday Celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 6, 2014)
- UW Tacoma to host 8th Annual MLK Unity Breakfast (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 31, 2013)
- City of Tacoma accepting nominations for MLK Community Service Award (Tacoma Daily Index, Nov. 7, 2013)
- 2 downtown Tacoma events will mark MLK Jr. Day (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 7, 2013)
- New edition of UW Tacoma professor’s book of MLK’s speeches (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 9, 2012)
- Tacoma celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jan. 16 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 3, 2012)
- UW Tacoma professor earns Guggenheim award (Tacoma Daily Index, April 13, 2011)
- UW Tacoma professor’s book offers forgotten layer of MLK legacy (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2011)
- Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 17 (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 28, 2010)
- Civil rights leaders visit UW Tacoma Wednesday (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 25, 2010)
- Celebrate “Unity in the Community” Jan. 18 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2010)
- City to host 21st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 16, 2009)
- City offices closed Jan. 19 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 16, 2009)
- UW Tacoma civil rights, MLK historian reflects on Obama presidency (Tacoma Daily Index, Nov. 10, 2008)
- Audition for the City of Tacoma’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, July 10, 2008)
- UWT professor earns Kennedy Book Award (Tacoma Daily Index, May 28, 2008)
- UW Tacoma history professor earns civil rights award (Tacoma Daily Index, March 31, 2008)
- City offices closed Jan. 21; garbage, recycling, yard waste collection on regular schedule (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 18, 2008)
- City, TV Tacoma celebrate MLK holiday Jan. 21 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2008)
- Open auditions underway for the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, June 25, 2007)
- City to host 18th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 9, 2006)
- Entertainers needed for MLK celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 21, 2005)
- Performers wanted for MLK celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 16, 2003)
- MLK birthday celebration at Tacoma Dome (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 14, 2002)
- City of Tacoma News: His dream in their hands this Monday (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2000)
- City of Tacoma News City’s MLK Day Celebration Set (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 14, 1999)