The mission of the
Arizona State University‘s
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee is to celebrate the legacy and the tenets set forth by Dr. King and his life examples of servant leadership.
Servant leadership is a practical philosophy which supports people who choose to serve first, and then lead as a way of expanding service to individuals and institutions.
Servant-leadership encourages collaboration, trust, foresight, listening and the ethical use of power and empowerment.
The ASU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee encourages the continuation of Dr. King’s legacy all year long.
Events
Arizona State University will host its 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration in January 2021.
Jaida Hampton, a 2020 UK graduate, was a political science major and active in summer protests over the killing of Breonna Taylor.
Black students have only been present, much less welcomed, for less than half of the University of Kentuckyâs 155-year history. Seventy-one years ago, Lyman T. Johnson won a lawsuit that helped integrate the all-white school. Even though he never graduated from UK, and never intended to, his actions helped future generations of Black students.
However, despite Johnsonâs efforts so many years ago, UKâs Black community is still facing challenges today. For the first time last year, the university offered a major in African American and Africana studies. But 2019 also saw the Main Building sit-in led by the students of the Black Student Advisory Council and the Basic Needs campaign. Among demands to make the university more diverse and inclusive via policy changes, students were also demanding, again, that the New Deal-era mural in Memorial
Newport County residents share their biggest stories of 2020
Daily News staff
Earlier this month The Daily News asked readers to share with us what they considered to be the biggest stories of the year. Being 2020 there was a twist. We weren t necessarily asking for the biggest headline from the past year, but rather what you as readers experienced as the biggest story.
Below are three submissions from readers offering their take on the biggest story of the year.
Community meal givers make personal sacrifice
This is the biggest NON-STORY in my estimation! Kudos have been made to first responders (health workers, police, fire and volunteers, etc.) BUT those who kept the Community Meals program going to feed the homeless and those without cooking facilities must be recognized! Their behind-the-scenes efforts of personal sacrifice and devotion in spite of the upheaval created by the crisis is exceptional (and ongoing). Without signaling out any particular venue, I vote this to be
Conversations about equality and racial justice.
Like the rest of the nation and world, Erie County was affected by all of those events in 2020, and they understandably wrested attention and energy away from the region’s renaissance movement.
But that does not mean the momentum forged over the past few years aimed at bringing improved leadership and transformational change to the region and created within Erie’s civic and political landscape has disappeared.
“In a normal year, any one of those things would have been a major conversation, let alone three,” James Grunke, CEO of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership, said of the past year s history-making events. But it’s important to acknowledge that economic development and progress in Erie have not stopped. We probably have more streets blocked off because of construction right now, for example, than we have had in decades. And there’s more coming.”
Classes Offered
TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS: Day and evening classes are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Clearâs Silat and Street Kung Fu, 115 E. Broadway, Maryville. New students begin with a free private lesson. Beginnerâs classes are forming. Advanced classes are also available. Call 865-379-9997.
Clubs, Organizations
BLOUNT COUNTY PHOTO CLUB: Meets at 6:15 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 429 Sandy Springs Road, Maryville. For more information, visit blount
ROTARY CLUB OF MARYVILLE: Meets at noon Wednesdays at Blount County Public Library.
HALL COMMUNITY SENIOR CITIZEN FELLOWSHIP CLUB: Meets at noon the second Thursday of month at the Martin Luther King Center. The club is open for new members, both men and women.