{"id":49122,"date":"2011-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/01\/14\/former-husker-motivational-speaker-aaron-davis-to-headline-mlk-event-at-unmc\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T19:17:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T00:17:41","slug":"former-husker-motivational-speaker-aaron-davis-to-headline-mlk-event-at-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/01\/14\/former-husker-motivational-speaker-aaron-davis-to-headline-mlk-event-at-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Husker\/motivational speaker Aaron Davis to headline MLK event at UNMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><b><i>Jan. 17 speech is free and open to the public; starts at noon<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarondavisspeaks.com\/\">Aaron Davis<\/a> &#8212; a sought after motivational speaker with keen insights into human potential and teamwork &#8212; will deliver a commemorative address on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus on Monday, Jan. 17, to honor slain civil rights leader, <a href=\"http:\/\/nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/1964\/king-bio.html\">Rev. Martin Luther King Jr<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Davis&#8217; speech, which is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/\">UNMC<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nebraskamed.com\/\">The Nebraska Medical Center<\/a>, will be in the lower level of the Storz Pavilion in the Clarkson Tower of The Nebraska Medical Center. It is titled, &quot;His dream. Our responsibility.&quot;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&quot;We are pleased to bring a champion and passionate, successful leader back to the medical center,&quot; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/anesthesia\/newland.htm\">Myrna Newland, M.D.,<\/a> director of UNMC&#8217;s Equity Office and coordinator of the Martin Luther King Day Commemoration Committee. &quot;I believe our campus can look forward to a unique experience.&quot;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">The annual address is regularly one of the city&#8217;s best attended events on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This year, the event starts at noon, is free and open to the public.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Davis &#8212; a member of the 1994 national champion Nebraska football team &#8212; has shared his insights on the possibility of human potential with more than one million people throughout the world. He also authored the book, &quot;10 Minute Truths,&quot; and is the co-author of two others.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">His speaking and consulting firm, Aaron Davis Presentations, Inc., received the Omaha Chamber of Commerce &quot;Outstanding Minority Owned Business Award&rdquo; and Toastmasters International honored him with the &quot;Communication and Leadership Award.&quot; He also serves as the chief operations officer of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasgroup.com\/\">Thomas Group<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><i><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 10pt\">Through world-class research and patient care, UNMC generates breakthroughs that make life better for people throughout Nebraska and beyond. Its education programs train more health professionals than any other institution in the state. 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