January 19

MLK Day of Service, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm. Students will be doing several community service projects in the Garfield neighborhood in downtown Phoenix. Transportation provided from Polytechnic campus. Register to volunteer at www.asu.edu/mu/community
Information: 480-965-0305 or email: volunteer@asu.edu

January 19

Offices and classrooms on the four ASU campuses are closed to observe the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

January 19-31

Poster-essay contest entries from schoolchildren around the state will be on display at the Tempe campus Memorial Union, the Student Union at ASU Polytechnic, and also on the Web site: http://www.asu.edu/vppa/photogallery

January 29

MLK Student Rally, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. outside the Memorial Union north end, featuring the 2008 Student Servant-Leadership Award winner, Elodie Billionniere, as well as presentations and cultural performances by other ASU students. Information: 480-965-6060

February 9

Black History Month keynote address, “The Intersection of Hip Hop, Education and Activism,” by musical artist and teacher Toni Blackman, 6 p.m., Coor Building 170. Information: 480-965-7097

February 18

Soul Food Festival sponsored by S.T.A.R.S. Association, noon – 2 p.m. on Hayden Lawn.

February 26

Black History Month play sponsored by S.T.A.R.S. student success organization, 6 p.m., Memorial Union Pima Room. Information: 480-965-7097

February 10

Freestyle Union workshop, noon – 5 p.m., Union Annex Ballroom, featuring musical artist Toni Blackman, who uses hip-hop to promote positive images and encourage activism and social responsibility. Information: 480-965-7097

February 11

Prayer for Peace luncheon, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Student Union Ballroom A. Information: 480-727-1165

January 29

Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration 7 – 9 a.m. at the West campus La Sala Ballroom, for community members, students, winners of the poster-essay contest and their parents, teachers and principals. President Michael Crow and the celebration committee are hosts. Mas Inoshita, historian and civil rights advocate, will receive the 2009 Servant-Leadership Award. By invitation. Information: 480-965-1985

January 29

March on West, a half-day event for 500 middle-school students. The public can join the children in reenacting King's march on Washington and hear a rendition of King's "I Have a Dream" speech by Charles St. Clair, on Fletcher Library lawn at 9:30 a.m. Students will hear presentations on a civil rights theme in La Sala ballroom at 11 a.m. Information: 602-543-5306

February 9

Welcome luncheon for Toni Blackman, award-winning artist and champion of hip-hop culture who has traveled internationally as an American cultural specialist for the U.S. Department of State. Information: 480-965-7097

January

Collection drive for personal items for more than 100 homeless women living at the Central Arizona Shelter Services center in downtown Phoenix. Wanted: soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, feminine products, toilet paper, Kleenex, etc. Information: 480-884-1522