MLK Day of Greatness and Idaho Human Rights Day Celebration

The Boise State Martin Luther King Living Legacy Committee is proud to announce the official schedule of the MLK Day of Greatness and Idaho Human Rights Day Celebration for January 15, 2024! The beginning of the celebration in Idaho can be attributed to the MLK Living Legacy Committee’s founder, Eric Love who in January 1990 led the first celebration of then-called MLK Living Legacy Celebration. Former Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus signed compromise legislation on April 10, 1990, making Idaho the nation’s 47th state to honor slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with an official state holiday.

The event schedule on January 15, 2024 will be as follows:

9AM – Poster Making Session at Jordan Ballroom (Student Union Building)

11:00AM – March from Boise State to Idaho State Capitol

11:30AM – Arrive at Capitol/Student Speakers will begin speeches.

12:00NN – End of program.

Free t-shirts will be provided to attendees of the event during the 9AM poster making session. 

The following student speakers will be delivering a speech at the Capitol steps:
1. Cheyon Sheen (ASBSU President)
2. Jason Holman (ASBSU Vice President)
3. Diego Tapia (ASBSU Associate Vice President of Inclusive Excellence)
4. Ky Gathura (MLK Living Legacy Committee Associate Chair)
5. Charles Jones (MLK Living Legacy Committee Chair)