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IRVINE — Julian Bond, a civil rights leader and chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will give the keynote address at UC Irvine’s 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The four-day event includes a volunteer day, a march and a rally.

Bond’s talk on change in the civil rights movement is set for 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Crystal Cove Auditorium in the UCI Student Center.

Bond has led civil rights and economic justice movements for almost 50 years. He was at the forefront of the student sit-in and anti-segregation efforts in the South while studying at Morehouse College in the early 1960s. He founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He served more than 20 years in the Georgia state assembly and is a distinguished professor at American University and a history professor at the University of Virginia. Bond has chaired the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, since 1998.

The four-day Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium is sponsored by the Cross-Cultural Center, the oldest center of its kind in the UC system. All events are free and open to the public. Tickets required for Bond’s lecture are available at the Cross-Cultural Center. For more information, e-mail sumali@uci.edu or call 949-824-4782.

Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Schedule
• Monday, Jan. 21: The Cross-Cultural Center and the Center for Service in Action encourage students and community members to use this campus holiday as “a day on, not a day off” by volunteering with the Orange County Food Bank. For more information, call 949-824-3500.

• Tuesday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m.: “Forgotten Genius” will be screened in the Rosa Parks House in the Arroyo Vista Housing complex. The documentary chronicles the life and scientific contributions of chemist Percy Julian. A discussion led by assistant chemistry professor Elizabeth Jarvo will follow.

• Wednesday, Jan. 23, 11:30 a.m.: Students will march and rally in honor of King, starting at the UCI Student Center Terrace, proceeding around Ring Mall and ending back at the terrace.

• Thursday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.: NAACP Chairman Julian Bond will deliver this year’s MLK Symposium keynote address at the UCI Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium.

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