Members of the Black Student Union and Fort Lewis College staff attend a meeting in December just before winter break and take the opportunity to express their goal: “End racism.” The group will host: “Black Lives Matter - One Movement/Many Topics” as part of Martin Luther King Day.
Members of the Black Student Union and Fort Lewis College staff attend a meeting in December just before winter break and take the opportunity to express their goal: “End racism.” The group will host: “Black Lives Matter – One Movement/Many Topics” as part of Martin Luther King Day.Courtesy of Fort Lewis College

Martin Luther King Day on Monday will kick off three days of social justice activities at Fort Lewis College, which will offer everything from the longstanding tradition of a March for Solidarity to activism training through hip-hop, poetry, direct protesting, street art and mindful listening.

The activities are not focused just on race. They will include all kinds of social activism, such as environmentalism and poverty.

The number of Martin Luther King Day activities at the college has grown every year since 2013. Over the years, the day has included everything from film screenings to a “Tunnel of Oppression.”

During the past two years, as the national conversation on race and poverty has intensified, so have the activities.

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This is the schedule for Social Justice Week, including Martin Luther King Day, at Fort Lewis College:
Monday
12:15 p.m. March of Solidarity starting in front of Center of Southwest Studies.
12:30 p.m. MLK Rally in the foyer of the Student Union, with a performance by the FLC Choir and an Open Mic: “How can we live our lives in a way that honors Dr. King every day?”
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Back-to-back social justice workshops: Attendees may attend two – on eight topics including Flash Mob for Change, Mindful Listening as Activism and How to Build a Campaign that will Save the World, in the Student Union Ballroom.
6 to 8:30 p.m. Black Lives Matter – One Movement/Many Tactics will perform and educate on topics such as the History of Black Liberation, Words from the Street and Hip-Hop in Activism, in the Ballroom.
For more information, contact FLC diversity programming coordinator Nancy Stoffer at [email protected] or 247-7170.
Tuesday
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Writing on Police Brutality Workshop, in the Student Union Ballroom.
6:30 to 8 p.m. Social Activism through Street Art, in the Ballroom
Wednesday
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Poor People’s Campaign 2.0, in the Ballroom.
For more information about Social Justice Week, contact Ana Moran at [email protected] or www. Facebook.com/FLCSUP.