MLK Day Celebration Set for Friday, January 13, 2017 in Kresge Auditorium
UC Health and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine will host the 44th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at 10 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2017, in Kresge Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building. The program will feature a keynote presentation by the Honorable Fanon A. Rucker, Hamilton County municipal court judge, along with live music from the UC African American Cultural and Resource Center Choir and Rockdale Academy Choir.
Dolores Lindsay, founder, president & CEO, The Healthcare Connection, will receive a humanitarian award, while the Baptist Ministers Conference of Cincinnati will receive special recognition. Pastor Ennis F. Tait of the Church of the Living God and Kyla Woods, journalist with WLWT Channel 5, are also part of the celebration.
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