Members of the Vanderbilt University and Nashville communities will gather for a candlelight vigil honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. in the university’s Benton Chapel. Sponsored by the Organization of Black Graduate and Professional Students, the event will feature remarks by Forrest Harris, president of American Baptist College and director of Vanderbilt’s Kelly Miller Smith Institute on the African-American Church, and Bishop Jerry Maynard, pastor of Cathedral of Praise Church of God in Christ in Nashville and chief operating officer of the Church of God in Christ. Vanderbilt’s Rhythm & Roots dance ensemble and the Cathedral of Praise Church of God in Christ choir will also perform.
WHAT: Candlelight vigil at Vanderbilt University honors the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
WHERE: Benton Chapel at Vanderbilt’s Divinity School, located off of 21st Avenue South. Pay parking is available for $1 per half-hour (pay up front) at Wesley Place Garage (spaces 52-170) located on Scarritt Place off of 21st Avenue South. Use entrance located closest to 19th Avenue South.
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m.
Media Contact: Princine Lewis, 615-322-NEWS
princine.l.lewis@vanderbilt.edu