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WHAT:<\/strong> The 16th<\/sup> annual Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address, co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs and the Office of the President<\/p>\n

WHEN\/WHERE:<\/strong> Monday, Feb. 29 from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. in the Larry and Cindy Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center, 300 East River Road. Admission is free and open to the public and media.<\/p>\n

GUEST SPEAKER:<\/strong> Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans, will deliver the address and then take questions from the audience.<\/p>\n

ABOUT MORIAL:<\/strong> Marc Morial has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans by Ebony <\/em>magazine. He has been president of the National Urban League, one of the nation\u2019s oldest civil rights organizations, since 2003. During that time, he oversaw a five-year, $280 million fundraising effort and in 2013 launched an historic $100 million, five-year \u201cJobs Rebuild America: Educate, Employ, Empower\u201d initiative.<\/p>\n

He was elected Mayor of New Orleans in 1994 with a promise to \u201cclean out City Hall with a shovel, not a broom.\u201d In eight years in office, his approval rating stayed at or near 70 percent and near 100 percent throughout his term among black residents.<\/p>\n

MEDIA OPPORTUNITY:<\/strong> Morial will speak to the media from 3-3:30 p.m. at the Frederick Douglass Leadership House, located off Wilson Boulevard on the Fraternity Quadrangle.<\/p>\n

Media should contact Jim Mandelaro by 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 29 to confirm attendance for media event and secure parking.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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