This year’s MLK Commemoration program featured a Moderated Conversation with Lisa Ling, and the awarding of the annual Chancellor’s “Fulfilling the Dream” Award.
Lisa Ling is the executive producer and host of This is Life on CNN. Lisa explores the scourge prescription pill addiction in Utah, the recent influx of women in North Dakota’s boomtown, and a town in the rural Midwest where young men aspire to be priests. Read her full bio here.
MLK Commemorative Celebration Agenda
JANUARY 19, 2022 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
The MLK Experience 2022
Chancellor Ronnie Green and Executive Vice Chancellor Katherine Ankerson
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Vice Chancellor Michael Boehm & ASUN DEI Co-Chair Bhagyalakshmi Pushkaran
Moderated Conversation with Lisa Ling, Executive Producer & Host of This is Life
Assistant Vice Chancellor Nkenge Friday
MLK Week Planning Committee
Assistant Vice Chancellor Charlesette Foster
Performance Introduction
Associate Dean Charlene Maxey-Harris
Exit by Rita Dove and won’t you come celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton
BA Performance Major, Aurora Villarreal
Fulfilling the Dream Award
Vice Chancellor Marco Barker
Fulfilling the Dream Award Recipients
Campus Award Winner, Batool Ibrahim & Community Award Winner, Judi Gaiashkibos
Performance Introduction
Assistant Vice Chancellor Nathan Meier
New Day’s Lyric by Amanda Gorman
BA Performance Major, Aurora Villarreal
Final Remarks
Director Christina Kirk and ASUN DEI Co-Chair Betty Dessie
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