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Albion community leaders (from left) Joyce Spicer, Tonya Arnett, Mae Ola Dunklin
and Lenn Reid offer diverse views on "Women and the Civil Rights Movement" in a
panel discussion during the community Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation set
for January 24. Moe Arvoy photo |
Community Leaders Present MLK
Convocation on Women and Civil Rights
Posted Friday, January 6, 2006
ALBION, Mich. – A frank and freewheeling discussion, “From the Deep South to
Albion: Women and the Civil Rights Movement,” serves as the focus for this
year’s community Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation. This public
gathering is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Albion
College Goodrich Chapel. The convocation is one of three community events for
MLK Day that will take place at Albion College.
The four panelists are all
active community leaders, with diverse experiences of the civil-rights era.
Retired high school counselor and educational consultant Tonya Arnett is
an Albion native and a product of Albion schools. Mae Ola Dunklin,
director of the Albion College Shurmur Education Institute, grew up in rural
Louisiana in the 1960s and spent most of her career with Albion Public Schools.
Lenn Reid, also a product of Albion schools, currently teaches the junior
primary program at Harrington Elementary School. Joyce J Spicer,
executive director of the Albion Health Care Alliance, received her first eight
years of education in a one-room schoolhouse in Mississippi. Among them, all
four panelists are also currently involved with dozens of civic and religious
organizations, in numerous leadership positions.
Two other community events for
the week of January 23 include:
On Wednesday, Jan. 25,
an Albion College student forum will discuss the question, “How is
Martin Luther King Relevant to Me?” This presentation, featuring Albion
College students, takes place at 7 p.m. in Bobbitt Auditorium.
Thursday, Jan. 26,
speaker Badrinath Rao presents “Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and the Way of
non-Violence.” This event takes place at 7 p.m. in the College’s
international House Auditorium.
For more information on the
convocation, contact Tom Hunsdorfer at 517-629-0210, or thunsdorfer@albion.edu.
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