Martin Luther King Jr. Day

OMI hosts MLK Day challenge to support local charities

Erinn Finley Staff Writer efinley@murraystate.edu Murray State’s Office of Multicultural Initiatives (OMI) held their annual Martin Luther King Junior Day of Service challenge on Jan. 17. S.G. Carthell, the executive director of Multicultural Initiatives, Student Leadership & Inclusive Excellence, said OMI has historically hosted activities on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day that included Read More

Service Day held in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

For the fifth year in a row, community members rallied together to donate their time on Martin Luther King Jr. Day by volunteering in the area. Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day was hosted by Murray State Jan. 19 in honor of the civil rights activist and opened at 9 a.m. with a breakfast in Read More

Americorps Vista help fight poverty

Twenty-two seniors from Mayfield High School will visit Mayfield Elementary School on Friday to read to classes of children in grades K-2nd.  The books are short biographies of Martin Luther King Jr. and his accomplishments. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President’s national call to service initiative. Sherri Anderson, AmeriCorps Vista, said the Read More

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