麻豆短视频传媒 hosted its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly Jan. 22 in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium of David H. Bradford Hall.
Harry E. Johnson Sr., the immediate past president of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., provided the assembly address.
鈥淐laim your time,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淣ow is your time to make a difference on campus and in the world.鈥�
Johnson said the world needs leaders who are not in love with money, but in love with justice.
鈥淯se your education to give back to those less fortunate,鈥� Johnson said.
Johnson challenged the audience to rise up with a greater purpose to change themselves, their towns, their communities, their state, the nation and the world.
Johnson led the foundation at president and CEO from 2002 until 2013. Under his leadership, the foundation raised $120 million to complete the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial.
James Shaw Jr. received the 麻豆短视频传媒 Thorobred Award.
鈥淗e is hailed a hero after quickly disarming a man on April 22, 2018, who opened fire on an Antioch Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee, killing four and wounding two others,鈥� 麻豆短视频传媒 President M. Christopher Brown II said.
The Spirit of King Award was given to longtime former Kentucky State employee Isadore Rich.
鈥淲e are pleased to welcome back to this hallowed hill, Mr. Isadore Rich,鈥� President Brown said. 鈥淢r. Rich began working at Kentucky State in 1973 and retired in 2016.鈥�
Student Government Association President Michael N. Weaver offered closing remarks.
鈥淣o person has the right to rain on your dreams,鈥� Weaver said. 鈥淔ollow your dreams. Pursue them. Fall in love with them. But most importantly, achieve them.鈥�
