1996 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

The 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration on the theme "With Liberty and Justice for All," held February 16, 1996, features Dr. Julius L. Chambers as keynote speaker. Student speakers include Kareem Howard '99, Simonetta Rodriguez 'G, and master of ceremonies Yvette Johnson '96. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Award recipients are MIT senior Matt Turner '96, Prof. Leon Trilling, and Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson '68, Ph.D. '73.

7th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Conference: Realizing the Dream on Youth Entrepreneurship
DUSP sponsors MLK youth conference

The seventh annual Martin Luther King Jr. youth conference, presented by the Community Fellows Program of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, will be held on February 16 and 17, coinciding with MIT's 22nd annual celebration of the life and legacy of the slain civil rights leader.

The event has been coordinated by Adjunct Professor Melvin H. King, director of the Community Fellows Program. Its theme is Realizing the Dream on Youth Entrepreneurship.

The program will include mini-sessions on principles of entrepreneurship, completing a business plan, and using various software programs and the World Wide Web.

The Community Fellows Program promotes the belief that people of color in America cannot achieve maximum economic and political development without sharing and pooling their talents, skills and resources. Youth development, health and training are areas of concentrated study.

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