Tennessee Tech Celebrates MLK Day With Food Shelf Event, Candlelight Vigil
A Fifth Annual Day Of Service among the events on the Tennessee Tech campus Monday in celebration of MLK Day. Director of Intercultural Affairs Charria Campbell said groups of students will go shopping and stock the main food pantry on campus. Campbell said she discussed a variety of possible events with students for the holiday. […]
NAACP Keynote Speaker Urges To Continue The Fight For Democracy On MLK Day
It is a time of great challenge. Keynote speaker Pastor David Meek from the historically Black Cookeville church McClellan Avenue Church of Christ urged community members to fight on during Monday’s MLK Breakfast. “We must find ways to get around and over those barriers,” Meek said. “We must press forward. We must write letters to […]
Reimagining MLK’s Thoughts To Work Towards Civility
It is more important now than ever to reimagine Dr. Martin Luther King’s thoughts on civility. That according to keynote speaker Robert Gardenhire. The Tennessee Tech graduate lead Monday’s Cookeville-Putnam County NAACP MLK celebration. He said Dr. King’s beliefs in justice, love, respect and unity are the cornerstones of civil progress. “The turmoils of our […]
Cookeville NAACP Invites Community To Virtual MLK Day Event
The Cookeville-Putnam County NAACP Branch is inviting the community to celebrate Martin Luther King Day virtually this year. Branch President Thomas Savage said Monday is more than a holiday, representing a time to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy and how to move civil rights forward with his message. Savage said Dr. King’s words show the […]
