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Clemson University will observe the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with a day of community service and a keynote address from human rights activist Nontombi Naomi Tutu.More than 150 students, faculty and staff will use the university holiday Monday, Jan. 17, as a day to help others during the annual MLK Day of Service. Volunteers will work at sites around the community, such as the Animal Rescue Fund, Clemson Child Development Center, Clemson Community Care, Helping Hands, Our Daily Bread and Sterling House, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The annual MLK Blood Drive also is part of the Day of Service. The Blood Connection will take donations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hendrix Student Center. Also on Jan. 17, 70 area elementary school students (third- to fiifth-graders) will participate in the MLK College Expo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Tillman Hall. They will learn about college life, take a tour of campus and participate in forums and discussions with Clemson students. They also will compete in an academic quiz bowl. The College Expo is sponsored by the Eugene T. Moore School of Education. The culminating event of Clemson�s MLK celebration is the annual commemorative service featuring speaker Naomi Tutu at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, in Tillman Hall auditorium. Tutu is the third daughter of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu. Born in South Africa, she has lived in Lesotho, the United Kingdom and the United States. She received her education in Swaziland, the United States and England. Her professional experience ranges from being a development consultant in West Africa to being coordinator for programs on race and gender at the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town. In the United States, she has taught at the University of Hartford, the University of Connecticut and Brevard College in North Carolina. She has spoken at churches, community groups and colleges around the country about her experiences growing up under apartheid in South Africa and led workshops on conflict resolution and issues relating to race and racism. Together with fellow activist Rose Bator, she leads women�s retreats through their organization Sister Sojourner. The two are writing a book titled �I Don�t Think of You as Black: Honest Conversations on Race and Racism.� (Image provided by Clemson.)
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