COLUMBUS, Ind. — Former Indiana governor candidate and former state health commissioner Dr. Woody Myers will be the keynote speaker at the Columbus/Bartholomew County Area Chapter of the NAACP’s Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. program on the holiday at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at The Commons.
The free program, open to all and lasting until 7:30 p.m., will be limited to 200 socially distanced people with masks required, according to organizers.
A boxed snack will be served to attendees during a program break.
Myers is expected to speak on the current racial climate and to salute the legacy of the late King, the celebrated civil rights leader who was assassinated in April 1968.
This program follows the city’s free annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at The Commons.
The afternoon gathering is the NAACP’s team effort with the African American Fund of Bartholomew County and IUPUC, according to Pastor Johnnie Edwards, NAACP president. Barbara-Bolling-Williams, president of the Indiana chapter of the NAACP who also sits on the national board of he NAACP, also will speak that day.
Reinhold Hill, IUPUC Vice Chancellor and Dean, will present the Diversity Awards during the gathering.
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