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CONCORDIA CELEBRATES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
The Concordia community celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the theme of “Stolen Land, Stolen Labor: Secrets to Success,” beginning at 9 a.m. with Chapel on Monday, Jan. 18, and ending with a panel discussion Q&A with the four featured speakers.
The theme calls upon the community to confront and acknowledge the historical ramifications that the genocide and colonization of Native peoples and land, and the enslavement of Black people has contributed to modern American society, capitalist economics and systemic injustices. Student Planning Committee co-chairs of MLK Day are Mattie Bogart ’23 and Joana Acosta-Palmeros ’23.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Jason Sole, a criminal justice educator and adjunct professor at Hamline University; and Lakota Harden, organizer, a highly respected community leader and elder who has been part of Native American struggles for the past four decades. Panelists include Dr. Michael Yellow Bird, author, scholar and dean of social work at the University of Manitoba; and Josette Ciceron, podcaster and associate editor of Definitive Woman Magazine.
For more information and to view the full virtual MLK Day schedule, please visit ConcordiaCollege.edu/mlk which will also contain information on how to sign on.
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