Martin Luther King Jr. Community Event

Join us for the 27th annual region-wide MLK Community Event! PNW will invite 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 Nicky Jackson, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at PNW
• Opening remarks from PNW Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Kenneth C. Holford
• Musical interlude by Jenne Carey
• Emcee Dion Campbell

The event will be viewable on PNW’s Youtube.

In lieu of donations of needed items collected at the in-person events held on the PNW campuses in previous years, the planning committee kindly suggests making a donation to a charity or organization of your choice.

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Sponsors

Generous support from several community sponsors has helped make PNW’s annual MLK Day recognition possible.

Bronze Donors

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Craig+ Marketing Group LLC
• Sondra Craig
• La Porte County Herald-Dispatch
• La Porte County NAACP
• Michigan City Commission on the Social Status of African American Males

Silver Donors

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

Gold Donors

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

Premier Donors

• Horizon Bank
• NIPSCO
• Purdue University Northwest

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.