Martin Luther King Jr. Community Event

Working Together – Building Harmony

Join us for the 26th annual region-wide MLK Community Event! PNW invited the Northwest Indiana community to a virtual program celebrating diversity and inclusion through the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Program highlights included:

• A keynote presentation by Karen Bishop Morris, Associate Professor of English at PNW
• Opening remarks from Thomas L. Keon, Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest
• Inspiring vocal performance from Vanessa Allen-McCloud, President and CEO of the Urban League of Northwest Indiana
• Emcee Wendel McCollum, Associate Superintendent of Michigan City Area Schools

View The Virtual Program

Event Sponsors

Premier Sponsors

• Horizon Bank
• NIPSCO
• NiSource Charitable Foundation
• Purdue University Northwest Creating a Culture of Inclusion Team

Gold Sponsors

• Michigan City Human Rights Commission
• Michigan City La Porte Convention and Visitors Bureau

Silver Sponsors

• 1st Source Bank
• Sinai Temple
• Unity Foundation of La Porte County

Bronze Sponsors

• La Porte County Herald-Dispatch
• La Porte County NAACP
• Life Changes, LLC
• Michigan City Commission on the Social Status of African American Males

For more information, visit www.pnw.edu/mlk-celebration. To request a disability-related accommodation for this event contact Laura Odom, associate director of the Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, at odoml@pnw.edu.

To request a disability-related accommodation for this event, please contact the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at edi@pnw.edu or (219) 785-5545 five days prior to the event.