Events & Programs
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events
Updated January 9, 2009
"A Time for Change," the theme of this year's Fort Collins, Loveland and Colorado State University week-long community celebration, will honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 19, 2009.
Updated information will be posted on www.mlkfortcollins.org.
March to begin in Old Town Square
This year, a significant change has been made to the beginning of the Martin Luther King Day celebration in Fort Collins. The traditional one–mile community march will begin at 11 a.m. in Old Town Square, Fort Collins and continue down College Avenue to Laurel Street marching through the center of The Oval on CSU’s campus. The march will then continue west on Isotope Drive and end at the CSU Lory Student Center.
The march will conclude with an address by guest speaker Denise Hall at 11:45 a.m. in the main ballroom of the Lory Student Center. Hall is the founder and director of Mother Earth Reverence Farms and Wellness Veterinary Clinic in Greeley, Colo. She is also the Intern Minister at Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins.
Before the march, the community is invited to a 9:30 a.m. poetry and essay reading at the CSU Bookstore in the Lory Student Center. The readers will include Poudre School District students whose winning poems and essays were selected through the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. essay and poetry contest.
Schedule of Events
Monday January 19, 2009
9:30 a.m.
Reading of Winning MLK Essays and Poems
CSU Bookstore, Lory Student Center
11:00 a.m.
Community March
Meet at Old Town Square to and join the march to the Lory Student Center.
11:45 a.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Guest Speaker: Dr. Denise Hall, Intern Minister of Foothills Unitarian Church
Main Ballrooms, Lory Student Center
7:00 p.m.
Loveland’s 20th MLK Day Celebration
For more information contact
Thompson Valley High School
1669 Eagle Drive
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
10:00 a.m.
Presidential Inauguration Watch Party
Ramskeller, Lory Student Center
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Traces of the Trade - Film & Discussion
Room 228, Lory Student Center
Thursday, January 22, 2009
4:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Trivia
Ramskeller, Lory Student Center
Friday, January 23, 2009
9:30 p.m.
Slam Poet Soyna Renee
East Ballroom, Lory Student Center
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Day of Service
