University of Oregon’s MLK Jr. Day Activities Focus on ‘Environmental Justice’
January 24, 2019
The University of Oregon, located in Eugene, Oregon, is more well-known for its college football team’s brightly-colored uniforms and its prominent alum, Nike founder Phil Knight, than anything else. Now, the University of Oregon is making news in a not-so-great way: Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a march about climate change and social justice.
The University of Oregon’s Division of Equity and Inclusion partnered with Lane Community College and the local NAACP branch for the march on the annual federal holiday. The march will focus on “the voices of women and youth, as well as environmental justice†in the pre-rally activities and the march. The university will host the pre-rally activity, and then the marchers will go to the Shedd Institute of Art to listen to speeches. Congressman Peter DeFazio and the university’s president, Michael Schill, will give some of the speeches after the march.
https://www.academia.org/university-of-oregons-mlk-jr-day-activities-focus-on-environmental-justice/
