The event is an effort to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to remember all of his many accomplishments. | Pixabay
The event is an effort to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to remember all of his many accomplishments. | Pixabay
General Mills and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), have teamed up to create an event called “Our Rising Voices: A Call for Bold Social Action.”
The event is an effort to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to remember all of his many accomplishments.
“The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have been at the epicenter of a global reckoning about systematic racism, social justice and the need for real and accelerated change,” said Nicola Dixon, executive director of the General Mills Foundation, in a press release. “As we are moving forward as a community fully determined to heal, grow and change, this event invites us all to freshly consider how Dr. King’s life and legacy can inform the path forward.”
UNCF officials also commented on the event.
“Through this event, we join our voices to reaffirm the words and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who taught us, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,'” said Dr. Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO, UNCF in a press release. “We thank The General Mills Foundation for its continued generosity and support of our HBCUs and our students.”
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