Two events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be held at Southern Arkansas University.
The Columbia County NAACP will hold the annual Freedom Fund Banquet at 6 p.m., Saturday in the Grand Hall of the Reynolds Center.
This year's theme is "What Are You Going to Do?" Keynote speaker is Dr. Jerry Andrew Taylor, associate professor at Abilene Christian University, a popular lecturer at gospel/revivals, college campuses and conferences.
Tickets for the event, which raises funds for both the local branch and the national NAACP, are $30 each. For tickets or more information, call Claudell Woods at 870-234-0300 or Carol Garland at 870-234-3700.
SAU's 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial March and Ceremony will be held Monday. The march begins at 5 p.m. at the former Miller's Cafeteria parking lot on Vine Street and will proceed down University Street and end at the Reynolds Center.
The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Foundation Hall.
Keynote speaker is the Rev. Ronald A. Matheney, founder and pastor of Johnson Memorial Ministries in Camden, Ark. For three decades, Matheney, a community activist, pastor and evangelist, has been instrumental in improving his community with volunteerism and ministry.
A 2001 graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, Matheney is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Ministry at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.
The public is invited.