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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. — Part 1 of 5









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This inscription is on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Mouse Pad. (cafepress.com/philosophy_shop)

In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UNMC Today will feature a series of photos and quotations from the civil rights leader. In today’s excerpt, King addresses global peace.

“We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Plan to attend

The 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration, sponsored by UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center, will be Monday, Jan. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Storz Pavilion on the lower level of Clarkson Tower. The program is free and open to the public.

Speaking at the event will be Valda Boyd Ford, director of the UNMC/The Nebraska Medical Center Community and Multicultural Affairs.

Ford is an internationally-acclaimed educator and strategist on diversity and multicultural initiatives who has extensive experience providing health services at some of the world’s largest refugee camps. She will focus on this aspect of her career and Dr. King’s worldview during her lecture, which is titled, “Extending the Dream: Realizing the Nightmare of Third World Refugees.”

For more information, contact Walter Brooks at 559-5768 or send an e-mail to wbrooks@unmc.edu.