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M artin L uther K ing J r .
January 11, 2017
2017 special edition
Rosa Clemente
Scholar on
Black Identity
Speaker to honor MLK
legacy at Clark College
Clark College will honor the teachings
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednes-
day, Jan. 18, with “Transformation: A New
Era of Social Activism,” a keynote address
delivered by Rosa Clemente, a scholar on
black identity.
The event, which is free and open to
the public, will be held in Gaiser Student
Center on Clark’s main Vancouver campus
from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Clemente is co-founder of the National
Hip-Hop Political Convention and a lead-
ing scholar on Afro-Latinx identity. From
Harvard to prisons, she has spent her life
dedicated to scholar activism.
She is currently a doctoral student in the
W.E.B. Dubois department of University
of Massachusetts-Amherst. Throughout
her scholarly career, she has been a con-
stant presence through the many political
struggles facing black people and persons
of Latin American descent in the 21st cen-
tury.
She has sat on various boards through-
out her career including Black Lives Mat-
ter, the National Priorities Project, The
Brecht Forum, and the National Coalition
to Abolish the Death Penalty. Additionally,
Clemente served as the Green Party’s can-
didate for Vice President in the 2008 U.S.
election.
Clark College is located at 1933 Fort
Vancouver Way. For more information
about this event, visit clark.edu/cc/mlk.