MLK Program

Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by joining a day of service and engaging with our community.

Make a Donation on MLK Jr. Day. Join your Cougar Food Pantry in collecting much-needed items for WSU students and the Community Action Center.

Join WSU students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as we come together both in-person at each campus and on Zoom, to create cards to give to local community partners across the nation—community partners such as local hospitals, teen shelters, assisted living homes, etc.

Self-care and advocacy session commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and in solidarity with National Day of Racial Healing
Facilitator: Obie Ford III

Emmanuel Acho sits down with comedian & bestselling author, Chelsea Handler, to have an uncomfortable conversation about “Karens,” cancel culture and her own white privilege.

Interracial couple and gold medalists, Lindsey Vonn & P.K Subban, join Rachel Lindsay (the first black bachelorette) & her husband Bryan Abasolo to have an Uncomfortable Conversation about interracial dating and the backlash that has come with it. Lindsey Vonn speaks about fighting for acceptance from black women, as Rachel confesses to formerly being that ignorant judgmental woman.

5-time Grammy award winner, Lil Wayne, opens up for the first time ever about the details of his attempted suicide at age 12. He discusses his lifelong mental health struggles in a brave and vulnerable conversation with Emmanuel Acho. Listen as Wayne speaks with a transparency that we’ve never seen before. If you, or anyone else you know, has ever struggled with anxiety, depression, loneliness or any other mental health challenges – this is for you.

This session will illuminate anti-Black racism in order to see the historical rootedness as the thread that is interwoven through current policies, practices, and pedagogies. The facilitator will discuss why it is important to center antiracist work on deeply understanding anti-Black racism and focusing on Black students to begin the liberatory work that lies ahead.

Emmanuel Acho sits down with police officers from the Petaluma Police Department in Petaluma, CA. They discuss polarizing topics like defunding the police, Black Lives Matter, and accountability in the police force surrounding the tragic deaths of black civilians. This is not a conversation you want to skip!