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MLK Jr. Celebration returns to EMU on Jan. 13-15

January 4, 2024Last updated January 15, 2024 by Ryan Cornell

A gospel choir concert, a one-man show and a pair of movie screenings will headline a three-day slate of events for EMU鈥檚 annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration this month. ... read more about MLK Jr. Celebration returns to EMU on Jan. 13-15

March 14, 2021Last updated March 14, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Doris Harper Allen, 88, greeted a group of 草莓社区 (EMU) students in the parking lot of Rose鈥檚 in Harrisonburg, the former heart of Newtown. She quickly passed out ... read more about Northeast Neighborhood resident Doris Harper Allen guided EMU students into local history each summer

May 28, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Kelly Clark

About 35 people gathered in Court Square聽on Saturday [May 23, 2015]聽 for a聽vigil聽protesting the deaths of young black men that has made news in Baltimore, New York and other cities ... read more about Harrisonburg vigil protests deaths of young black men: ‘When something happens in my hometown…I carry it with me,’ says CJP student

January 23, 2015Last updated February 6, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

What creates systems of discrimination and oppression? What power and motivation do people have to resist these systems? Where do they take comfort when hatred acts? These questions were asked ... read more about Martin Luther King, Jr.鈥檚 life and legacy celebrated with solidarity march, music, chapel and service opportunities