Charlene A. Carruthers, a community organizer, writer and advocate for racial justice and feminism, will give the keynote address during Washington State University’s 30th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration on Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to the free event in the Compton Union Building’s Senior Ballroom.
The event will be live-streamed. Click here to register.
Carruthers, 31, will deliver a speech titled “Building on the Dream: Continuing a Black Radical Tradition in the Movement for Black Lives”. She is widely known for her work in youth leadership development. She currently serves as the national director of the Black Youth Project 100, an activist organization of 18-35 year-old’s in the greater Chicago area dedicated to creating justice and freedom for Black people.
Her passion for developing young leaders within marginalized communities has led her to work on immigrant rights, economic justice and civil rights campaigns nationwide.
The Celebration will also honor this year’s recipients of the MLK Distinguished Service Award. For more information about the Celebration and related events, visit mlk.wsu.edu.
