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Post date: Jan 14, 2015 8:50:38 PM
Clemson, South Carolina - Clemson University has posted a detailed feature article about how the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Service was started at Clemson University. The article prominently discusses Alpha's role in the initial service in 1982 and how the service has developed over the last 33 years.
The article refers to the first MLK Commemorative Service in Tillman Hall Auditorium, which was then newly renovated. Two PANAC brothers featured in the article are Professor Kenneth Robinson, current Clemson professor and Emeritus Convener of PANAC, and the current President of Pi Alpha, JaQuanas Grant. The first event was organized as a fundraiser for Fisk University.
The article leads a week full of events starting with the newly re-established Civil Rights Trip to Tuskegee University (January 16-18), MLK Day of Service (January 19), and 2015 MLK Commemorative Service on January 20. Current Tuskegee University President and Alpha Brother, Dr. Brian L. Johnson, will be the featured speaker for the event.
Clemson Article:
Campus MLK Celebration Week’s tradition of inclusion born from fraternity’s achievement
Here is list of the event for the upcoming week.
At the 2013 Reunion, Ken Robinson is pictured with seven of the nine Founders of Pi Alpha Chapter.
Brothers Grant & Robinson gives a unique past and present view of the MLK Commemorative Service at Clemson.
JANUARY 16 – JANUARY 18
Civil Rights trip to Tuskegee University (Trip is FULL)
JANUARY 19
Day of Service
Hendrix Student Center, Almeda Jacks Ballrooms A and B
8:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
SIGN UP here.
Blood Drive
Hendrix Student Center, Meeting Rooms A and B
10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
JANUARY 20
Commemorative Service
Speaker: Dr. Brian L. Johnson, president of Tuskegee University
Tillman Hall Auditorium
6:00 p.m.
**Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the program.
JANUARY 21
A Call to Unite for Dr. King's Other Dream - Economic Empowerment
Speaker: Maggie Anderson, Author of "Our Black Year," and CEO and co-founder of the Empowerment Experiment
Clemson House, Lila Holmes Ballroom
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Minority Student Success Initiative (MSSI)
**Refreshments will be served along with a book signing at the conclusion of the program.
JANUARY 22
Tunnel of Oppression
Hendrix Student Center, Almeda Jacks Ballrooms A and B
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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