MEDIA ADVISORY

January 18, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Shannon Wingard (614) 247-6821

Ohio State students to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Peace march, service projects to highlight the day

Students at The Ohio State University will honor the life of slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. by taking part in community service projects and a peace march on Monday (1/21).

Students will gather at 9 a.m. at the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., to take part in Ohio State’s MLK Day of Service. Participants will volunteer for one of 25 Columbus-area service-projects that deal with children, literacy, senior citizens and the homeless.  Students are expected to return to campus between 2 to 2:30 p.m.

In addition, members of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity will lead a peace march for the first time in honor of King’s civil-rights activism. Participants in the march will leave Ohio State’s Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center, 153 W. 12^th Ave., at 3:30 p.m. and march to Columbus City Hall. There, they will join Columbus’ 30^th annual King Day march. At 5 p.m., marchers will leave City Hall and proceed to Veterans Memorial Auditorium.         

WHAT:           Ohio State University students celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a peace march and Day of Service.                  

WHEN:           MLK Day of Service – Registration begins at 9 a.m.

            Peace March – 3:30 p.m. on Monday (1/21).                        

WHERE:        MLK Day of Service – Various times and places around the Columbus.        

Peace March – Ohio State’s Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center, 153 W. 12^th Ave.                   

WHY:              To honor civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.                               

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