Student leaders keep MLK dream alive at SIUC event
Antoinette McDonald and Koitri Marshall, SIUC graduate students, lead a Martin Luther King Jr Day planning effort. McDonald aims to teach and mentor in performance studies while noting ongoing racism. Marshall, an Eureka College alumnus, works in public policy and chairs Generation Change network to mobilize youth in politics and public affairs.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Martin Luther King Jr
Koitri Marshall
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Washington
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Dallas
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Africana Theatre Laboratory
King
Toledo
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Barack Obama
Senate
Hillary Clinton
Generation Change
James moves to Atlanta and joins King circle in faith and service
Marilyn James, moved by a warm climate and calling, embraced pastor roles in Atlanta. She recalls meeting Priscilla Oliver of the King family and dining with Martin Luther King III’s relatives, while Coretta Scott King and Alveda King supported her ministry. The family’s influence shaped her work with SCLC and community aid in Carbondale and beyond.
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Robert
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Ebenezer Baptist Church
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Phil Oliver
Martin Luther King III
King
SCLC
Ebenezer
Kings
Coretta Scott King
Alveda King
Coretta
Carbondale
Martin Luther King Sr
Loyd Sumner
Olivet Free Will Baptist Church
Carbondale Community High School
Martha Farris
Dr. King
Farris
Logan family builds hope through Shawnee housing and mission work
Logan describes Shawnee Enterprises managing 600 low income housing units with 540 owned, award recognized by HUD. He and Bill Covey formed a partnership and Martin Logan and Covey’s brother join the firm. The Marion Medical Mission, inspired by King and SCLC, travels from Southern Illinois to Africa to build wells, schools, and clinics, focusing on safe drinking water for impoverished villages. In seven weeks last year 1292 wells served about 200,000 people, with facilities in Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi. Logan emphasizes love, unity, and helping neighbors across differences, urging action in the face of global challenges.
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Tom Logan
Shawnee Enterprises
Logan
HUD
Martin Logan
King
Shawnee
SCLC
Africa
Marion
Illinois
Zaire
Tanzania
Zambia
Malawi
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