MLK Community Celebrations Committee Accepting Entries for 2022 Awards
Aiken, SC (10/29/2021) — The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Celebration Committee is accepting entries for its annual contests and awards. The committee is led by the University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA), and Aiken Technical College (ATC), the presenters of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration held annually in January.
Nominations for the 2022 Human & Civil Rights Champion Awards are being accepted through November 12. The awards recognize a community member and students from USCA and ATC who have demonstrated advocacy and support for diversity, equity, inclusion, and human rights.
-Nominate a USCA student: https://bit.ly/3k63u0N
-Nominate an ATC student: https://bit.ly/3BVoalZ
-Nominate a community member: https://bit.ly/38fdTVR
The committee is also accepting entries for its annual contest for Aiken County public, private, and homeschool students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Contest entries are also due by November 12. There are three available categories: creative visual poster, essay, and multimedia. Full details for each category are available in the attached contest guideline document.
The creative visual poster category is open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Participants should create artwork related to the question, "What does Martin Luther King, Jr. Day mean to you?"
The essay category is open to middle and high school students and asks students to answer the question, "What did Dr. King mean by the quote 'whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly?'"
Essays for middle school students may be up to 1,000 words in length and up to 1,500 words in length for high school students.
This year, the committee added a new multimedia category open to students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Participants are asked to answer the question, "What is the legacy of Dr. King?" in a video up to three minutes in length.
Save the Date: The 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration will be held Sunday, January 23. The Human & Civil Rights Champion Award recipients and winners of the essay and creative visual arts poster contest will be recognized during the event. More details to be announced.
For more information, please contact Ahmed Samaha, vice-chancellor of student engagement and inclusivity, USCA, at 803-641-3411 or ahmeds@usca.edu.
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