UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Symone D. Sanders, senior adviser for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign and CNN political commentator, and Bakari Sellers, CNN political analyst and former South Carolina State Representative, spoke as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Commemoration Committee’s Evening Celebration on Jan. 22 at the Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Delicia Daniels, public relations director of the committee, opened the evening by welcoming all guests, including participants from Commonwealth Campuses and Penn State World Campus who tuned in through the live stream provided by WPSU.
Nyla Holland, executive director of the 2020 MLK Jr. Student Committee, then spoke and encouraged attendees to take action.
“This theme is not just about talking and listening and engaging in dialogue," said Holland. "We need to do more.”
The evening proceeded with three student performances. Cheyanne Walker, sophomore communications sciences and disorders major, sang “Read All About It, Pt. III,” a song originally performed by Emeli Sandé. Next, Taylor Williams, junior philosophy major, performed an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “The Other America.”