UW-EC starts off Black History Month by honoring King Jr., other civil rights figures


UW-EC starts off Black History Month by honoring King Jr., other civil rights figures


February is drawing near, and it will be a big month for UW-Eau Claire’s Multicultural Student Services Coordinator, Katie Streckert, as MSS lines up programs for Black History Month.

“We provide academic counseling, above and beyond, for our students of color,” she explained, “and to be like a home away from home on campus and to find community. Also, we do cultural program programming here like heritage months.”

An upcoming program, entitled “Our Dream: A Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration,” will commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.

The event will celebrate one of the most well-known figures of civil rights movement, known for his “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In the decades since, his words have become one of the most iconic speeches in American History...

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