Campus-wide Conversation

The Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest invites all current Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff members to reflect on the application of King’s values and vision to contemporary social, political and economic issues. Participants should choose any one of the five excerpted speeches by King, reflect on that speech, and write an essay about the relevance of the values articulated in that speech to the national or global discourse.

Completed essays must be submitted online by 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2012. Two undergraduate students, two graduate/professional students and faculty/staff winners will be recognized during the MLK Convocation on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. at the Amasa Stone Chapel.

Organizers and Sponsors

The 2012 MLK Essay contest is made possible by generous financial and organizational support from:

• The President’s Advisory Council on Minorities (PACM)
• The Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity
• Kelvin Smith Library, and
• First Year Experience
  o Cedar, Juniper & Mistletoe residential colleges

Reflect on the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. by reading the submissions of past winners of the essay contest.