Fresno State’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration will be held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the Peace Garden. The event is sponsored by the Cross Cultural and Gender Center.

President Joseph I. Castro; Dr. Francine Oputa, director of the Cross Cultural and Gender Center; Dr. Carolyn Coon, interim vice president for Student Affairs and Dean of Students; and professor Thomas Whitt-Ellis will be among those speaking at the event. Students will provide spoken word poetry and singing. A garlanding of the Dr. King statue will follow.

All participants are welcome and light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact or email 559.278.4435 or ccgcleadershipdev@mail.fresnostate.edu.