Furman University will host Eric Deggans, TV critic and media analyst for National Public Radio, as its featured speaker at its 2024 MLK Community Breakfast Jan. 12 at the college’s Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center.
Kicking off at 8 a.m., the breakfast will focus on the topic “Building Bridges Not Walls: Decoding the Media’s Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender & Culture.” The event will also feature a musical selection by Furman student Cameron Mitchell, as well as comments by other speakers, including Furman University President Elizabeth Davis, Pastor Reggie Garrett from Jubilee Baptist Church, Furman student and Furman NCAA Chapter President Miles Baker, Furman’s Director of Community Relations and State Representative Chandra Dillard, and Coordinator of Outreach and Access and Furman Libraries Diversity Coordinator Robyn Andrews.
Tickets to the breakfast are $50 per person and all proceeds will support the university’s Joseph Vaughn Scholarship. For more information, click here.
Furman will also host several other activities honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in January and February, such as:
- MLK Day of Reflection and Service at Furman University – Jan. 15, 10 a.m., contact cooper@furman.edu
- Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Program and Rudolph Gordon College Fair in the Trone Student Center at Furman –Feb. 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., contact mlkfair@alphagreenville.org or 864-441-9067
- The Joseph Vaughn Oratorical Contest at Wade Hampton High School – Feb. 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., contact jvoc@alphagreenville.org or 864-441-9067
