"Change Is Coming"

Welcome to Michigan State University's website celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Each year on the third Monday of January, MSU takes time to remember Martin Luther King, Jr.'s fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all people. On this day, more than any other, many of us reflect on Dr. King's message of change through nonviolence.

This is an occasion to celebrate Dr. King's life and his work. It is important to be mindful that this is a special day - one which symbolizes our nation's commitment to peace through justice and to a democratic society based on the principles of freedom, justice and equality for all people. The theme for the 2009 commemorative celebration draws from the message delivered during the 2008 Presidential Campaign: "Change Is Coming."

Michigan State University encourages you to use this occasion as an opportunity to enlist your community in helping to establish a lasting, living monument for honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Join us and thousands of people all over the world in making a permanent commitment to carry on his unfinished work. Our "birthday gift" to Dr. King is to insure that his memory lives on from generation to generation.