Building the Beloved Community 2023
A partnership between Furman University and the Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation, Inc.
The 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Celebration
Saturday, January 7, 2023
Virtual and In-Person Event
12:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation, www.alphagreenville.org.
Contact: Bobby Clark, mlkgala@gglapa.org or 864-441-9067
MLK Community Breakfast
Dr. Eddie R. Cole
Friday, January 13, 2023
Associate Professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA
Furman University, Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast
8:30 a.m. | Program
Tickets are $50 a person
Contact: Chandra Dillard
Chandra.dillard@furman.edu or 864-294-2503
Register Here
MLK Holiday – A Day of Service
Monday, January 16, 2023
9:30 a.m. – MLK Interfaith Celebration and Breakfast at Daniel Chapel
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Community Service
SPONSORS: Division of Student Life, Furman University Athletics Department, Office of Spiritual Life, Furman University Chapter of NAACP, Heller Service Corps. and Student League for Black Culture
Contact: Rod Kelley, rod.kelley6@furman.edu or 864.294.2202
Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Program And Rudolph Gordon College Fair
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Furman University, Trone Student Center – Watkins Room
10:00 a.m.
Sponsor: The Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation
Contact: Bobby Clark, mlkfair@alphagreenville.org or 864-441-9067
Joseph Vaughn Oratorical Contest
Saturday, February 18, 2023
Wade Hampton High School
10:00 a.m.
Sponsor: The Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation
Contact: Mike Chatman, jvoc@greenville.org or 864-906-7078