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MLK Celebration to be held Jan. 19 in the Carrier Dome; tickets still available

Tuesday, January 8, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski
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brockSyracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Carrier Dome. The evening will include a keynote presentation by Roslyn M. Brock, board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the presentation of the 2013 Unsung Hero Awards and a program of performance and song.

The annual celebration is among the largest university-sponsored events in the United States to commemorate King.

The evening program, begins at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided. Other accommodations can be requested; please call Elizabeth Cronk at Hendricks Chapel at eacronk@syr.edu by Jan. 11.

Tickets for the dinner, which precedes the program at 4 p.m., are $25 for the general public and $15 for students without meal plans. Students with meal plans will be charged for one dinner. Dinner tickets are available by calling call Hendricks Chapel at 315-443-5044.

The 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Heroes Awards will be presented to Adena Rochelson, an eighth-grader at Wellwood Middle School in Fayetteville (youth/teen); JoVan Collins of Syracuse (community adult); Brenda Muhammad, a graduate student at Syracuse University (SU/ESF student); and Engineers Without Borders at Syracuse University (student group).

A community festival celebrating arts, culture and education in the Syracuse community will be held on Saturday, Jan. 26, from noon-4 p.m. at Frazer Elementary School, 741 Park St.

Information on the celebration can be found at hendricks.syr.edu.

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