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February 5, 2021 The MLK and Common Reading Programs invite you to attend the keynote presentation by Harvard scholar Anthony Jack who will present “The Privileged Poor: How Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9.  Jack’s 2019 book on this topic was described by the Washington Post as breaking “new ground on social and educational questions of great import.” This talk is the second of three keynote events that are collaborative efforts by the MLK and Common Reading programs to highlight issues raised by Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime. The third...

January 14, 2021 By Steve Nakata, Division of Student Affairs Campuses across the Washington State University system have planned more than 30 events in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. The events will span several months and feature authors, songwriters, rappers, visual artists and films. The full list of events can be viewed at the MLK Program website. The celebration kicks-off with Virtual Bingo for Student Groups on Wednesday, Jan. 20 and concludes with Tongan Visual Artist Robin Fifita on Friday, April 30. Scheduled in between are a wide variety of events including se...