Each year the Texoma community comes together for a celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Austin College is proud to host this event and to help raise scholarship funds to benefit college-bound residents of Grayson County through the NAACP Grayson Branch.
2022 MLK Celebration
Monday, January 17
8:30-9:30 a.m.
Austin College | Ida Green Nation Theatre
Suggested Donation: $5
Benefitting Grayson County NAACP Scholarship Fund
Sponsorship Opportunity
The MLK team is excited to offer sponsorships for the MLK Community Celebration this year! We invite local businesses and restaurants to be a part of this celebration. Being a sponsor for this event allows you to represent your commitment to supporting access to diverse educational opportunities within our community. Your sponsorship will help raise scholarship funds distributed through the NAACP Grayson Branch. Sponsor this event!
2022 Speakers
Carllos Lassiter
Carllos Lassiter serves as Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer at Austin College. In his role as VPSA/CIDO, Mr. Lassiter serves as a senior executive officer for the College with responsibility for the strategic direction and administration of programs and services related to Student Affairs and Inclusion and Diversity. Mr. Lassiter currently resides in Sherman, TX although south Mississippi is his home area.
As a new member of the college community, his focus for Student Affairs centers on the wellness of students as they continue to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. He is working to gain support and allyship throughout the College to establish inclusion and diversity as a core institutional value which is essential for success. Mr. Lassiter’s professional philosophy is to ensure students a quality and rewarding experience on college campuses and he aims to create an inclusive and welcoming campus for everyone. His hopes for this event are that audience members will gain a greater depth of the education of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and its impact upon his leadership during the Civil Rights Movement.
Clemon White
Clemon White is a sophomore from Fort Worth, TX who is a Political Science Major and English Minor. He is a First-Year Seminar Peer Mentor, a STAT Ambassador, the historian of the Pre-Law Society, and the historian of Black Expressions. Clemon hopes to attend law school and become an attorney upon graduation. His goals are to help in reformation of the criminal justice system. He is excited to help celebrate the legacy and activism of Martin Luther King Jr. and wishes to shed light on ways we can use what MLK has taught us to address racial issues in today’s world.
2021 Events
- Victoria Star Gilbert ’21 Speech
- Terrence Steele Speech
- MLK Day 2021 Community Celebration Program
- MLK Day Celebration 2021 Photos
2020 Events
- Video: Breakfast with Tim Crossley ’20, Herschel Walker
- Video: Texoma-wide Rally with David Reed, Herschel Walker
- MLK Press Release
- Highlight Photos
- KXII News Coverage
2019 Events
- MLK Press Release
- Highlight Photos
- Tre’ Stewart ’15
- Erin Adams ’20
- Reggie Evans ’19