Building the Beloved Community 2024

A partnership between Furman University and the Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation, Inc.

The 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Celebration

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Jazz Luncheon with Jamie Wright Experience
12:00 p.m.

Furman University, Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center
Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation.
For ticket and table info, go to MLKSC2024.eventbrite.com
Contact: Bobby Clark, mlkgala@gglapa.org or 864-441-9067

The Legacy of MLK: The Fight for Equal Representation – CLP
Speaker: Quentin James, The Collective PAC

Thursday January 11th, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Furman University, Trone Student Center (Watkins Room)
Sponsored by: Alumni & Parent Engagement Office
Contact: Justin Brown, justin.brown0@furman.edu

MLK Community Breakfast – CLP
Speaker: Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic & Media Analyst for MSNBC

Friday, January 12, 2024

Building Bridges Not Walls: Decoding the Media’s Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender and Culture
Furman University, Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast
8:30 a.m. | Program
Tickets are $50 a person
FREE to Students, Admissions Fee for faculty, staff and public,
Contact: Chandra Dillard
Chandra.dillard@furman.edu or 864-294-2503
Register Here

MLK Holiday – A Day of Reflection and Purpose

Monday, January 15, 2024

10:00 a.m. – Service Opportunities, Heller Service Corps
Contact: Nancy Cooper, nancy.cooper@furman.edu or 864-294-2900
Sponsored by: Office of Spiritual Life and Heller Service Corps

Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Program And Rudolph Gordon College Fair

Saturday, February 3, 2024

Furman University, Trone Student Center – Watkins Room
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sponsored by The Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation
Contact: Bobby Clark, mlkfair@alphagreenville.org or 864-441-9067

Joseph Vaughn Oratorical Contest

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Wade Hampton High School
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sponsor: The Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation
Contact: Carlos Grant
jvoc@greenville.org or 864-441-9067