EUGENE, Ore.– Lane Community College will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in a Zoom virtual event featuring environmental justice advocate, Dr. Robert Bullard.
Bullard is known as the “father of environmental justice” for his research and work exposing racial disparities related to the response and mitigation of pollution and other damaging environmental factors. A facilitated Q&A session with Dr. Bullard will follow his keynote. Register to join the event.
The free, public event also features remarks by LCC President Margaret Hamilton, Oregon Sen. James Manning Jr., Eugene/Springfield NAACP Executive Director Eric Richardson, and a special presentation of the LCC Black Student Union’s Dr. King 2021 Service Award.
The event kicks off the Black Student Union’s planned Black History 365 events to celebrate and acknowledge Black history, not just in February, but throughout the year. Learn more about planned Black History 365 events.
For accommodations to attend these events, contact the Center for Accessible Resources at 541-463-5150 (voice), 711 (relay), or email AccessibleResources@lanecc.edu one week in advance.
Lane Community College educates over 25,000 students annually at six locations across Lane County and online. Students and alumni from all 50 states and 79 countries create more than an $850 million dollar impact on the local economy, helping to support more than 13,000 local jobs. Lane provides affordable, quality, professional technical and college transfer programs; business development and employee training; academic, language and life skills development; and lifelong personal development and enrichment courses.