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40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Award Ceremony and Lecture

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The MLK Lecture and Awards Ceremony has featured such speakers as journalist Soledad O’Brien, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former NAACP President/activist Benjamin Jealous, professor/author/radio host Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and many more since its inception 40 years ago.

The event also includes the presentation of the MLK UNC Scholarship for UNC juniors whose public and private community activities demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of life of our community and campus, and the MLK Unsung Hero Awards for UNC staff/faculty, department or community/corporate entity who has exemplified a steadfast commitment to inclusion.

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Jan 26, 2021 06:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Jan 26, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Award Ceremony and Lecture Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nz-Sv1oMQiOUuqhsVl5Q0w After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Patrisse Cullors (Social Activist, Co-Creator of the Viral Twitter Hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and Movement ) Artist, organizer, educator, and popular public speaker, Patrisse Cullors is a Los Angeles native, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, Founder of grassroots Los Angeles-based organization Dignity and Power Now. For the last 20 years, Patrisse has been on the frontlines of criminal justice reform and led Reform LA Jails’ “Yes on R” campaign, a ballot initiative that passed by a 73% landslide victory in March 2020. Patrisse co-founded the global Black Lives Matter movement in 2013 after sparking the viral Twitter hashtag. The movement has since expanded into an international organization with dozens of chapters around the world campaigning against anti-black racism. Cullors’ work for Black Lives Matter recently received recognition in TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 list and TIME Magazine’s 2020 ‘100 Women of the Year’. In January 2016, Patrisse Cullors published her memoir, When They Call You a Terrorist: BLM

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