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      50th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet to be held Jan. 15, 2025

      Tickets are on sale now; With the theme, 'Change Continues With Us,' this year's banquet celebrates five decades of service in solidarity with the State College and Penn State community

      On Jan. 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Penn State and addressed a crowd of more than 8,000 people in Recreation Hall on the future of integration. He spoke to those assembled about the civil rights movement, America’s legacy of slavery and segregation, and the principles he believed would change the world, bringing many in the assembly to tears. Only a few weeks earlier he had received the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racial inequality. Credit: Penn State University Archives / Penn State. Creative Commons

      UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With the theme, "Change Continues With Us," Penn State's 50th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet, sponsored by the Forum on Black Affairs (FOBA), will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m., and the program will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m.

      This year's banquet celebrates five decades of service in solidarity with the State College and Penn State communities. The evening's program will include a delicious buffet dinner and cash bar, followed by exciting performances and recognition of the 2025 FOBA Humanitarian Award recipient. FOBA will also honor student scholarship winners who have shown exceptional academic achievement and dedication to social justice.

      A limited number of hotel rooms are reserved at the the Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton using Group Code MLK. Those who wish to secure a room are encouraged to make reservations as soon as possible.

      Tickets are available for purchase at $120 for individuals and $1,000 for a table of 10. Ticket prices exclude the additional taxes and processing fees charged by Ticketmaster; these additional charges will be assessed separately during the checkout process.

      Banquet tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at this link. Penn State units or departments looking to purchase via internal funds transfer should contact the Bryce Jordan Center at 814-865-5555 or bjcticketcenter@psu.edu.

      For more information, contact Stephanie Danette Preston at info@fobapsu.org or 814-863-1663.

      Last Updated December 11, 2024

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