by Mckenzi Harris | Jan 19, 2021 | News, News Slider
Today at the Lipscomb University virtual gathering Dr. Orpheus Heyward spoke. The university used the chapel to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and the importance of his work. This year, 3 students offered up three of Dr. Martin Luther King’s prayers. Amara Ukazim read ”Help us rise up out of our egotism.” Dorie Harrison read a prayer for uncertain times, “Love even our enemy neighbors.” Donovan Ross read, “We are made for the high places.” “In a climate like today, we need a balanced voice like Martin Luther King Jr,” said Dr. Orpheus Heyward. Dr. Heyward discussed how the world is facing much social injustice today and how the “heart of a racist can only be addressed for the perspective of God.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did a sermon out of luke chapter 10, verse 25, and following on the good samaritan. This was the parable that Dr. Heyward taught out of the chapel. “Jesus moved the conversation from who is my neighbor to what is a neighbor in the bible.” In the parable, God used a Samaritan as the hero of the story. Dr. Heyward related the samaritan to how we should act as well. Dr. Heyward answers the question of who should be treated as a neighbor by stating,“Anyone who’s in crisis” is who needs help from a neighbor. “We need people to behave as neighbors,” said Dr. Heyward,” Love as God loves.” Colleges such as Belmont, Fisk, Lipscomb, Meharry, Nashville State, Tennessee State University, Trevecca and Vanderbilt, as well as other area colleges and universities are honoring the life and legacy of...
by LeBron Hill | Jan 21, 2019 | News Slider
This year’s MLK Diversity Breakfast featured mayor’s office Chief Equity Officer Ashford Hughes as keynote speaker. Lumination reporter Lebron Hill was there to report and speak to Lipscomb faculty and guests as they reflected on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and shared their perspectives on the importance of inclusion to our...
by D'Nashia Jenkins | Feb 3, 2015 | News Slider
Lipscomb students united in Shamblin Theater Monday night to kick off Black History Month. Marketing events coordinator, Carly Detzner, and President of Kappa Iota Theta, Melba Buchanan, put together this year’s black history month event, which began with a slide show of facts about famous African American people. The event was meant to be a fun event for students to come together and talk about black history month. Students enjoyed various forms of entertainment such as music, food and drinks. The focus for 2015 is around African American students at Lipscomb University and celebrating unity. “Celebrate unity and Martin Luther King Jr., that was his goal,” Detzner said. “He wanted us to be unified with everybody. He didn’t want to oppress the oppressors. He wanted to just be unified, so we are celebrating that unity that we have out here on Lipscomb’s Campus.” A short film was played in reference to Martin Luther King Jr. and his vision of unity and dream to change the world. After the film, students discussed it and related it to today’s society. Buchanan led the event offering questions for the students to discuss. Some of the questions included, “How the world would differ today if MLK did not exist?” Some students felt people would not have taken the same approach as MLK did with peaceful and non-violent protest. Buchanan also asked in what ways people can practice unity as Lipscomb students. Several answers from students were that they believed if they stop defining each other by the color of their skin that they can come together as one and be unified. Other events for Black History Month will be held on campus...
by Janice Ng | Jan 15, 2014 | News Slider
Service and change is the focus for the Lipscomb community as students and faculty remember the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Lipscomb’s multicultural organization Kappa Iota Theta will host “Change for Change!,” a weeklong change drive. Students can bring their extra change to the student center front desk to help purchase school supplies for the Youth Life Learning Center. “The Change for Change drive is a great example of how small change can add up and make such a big difference,” said Elizabeth Hayes, Intercultural Engagement and Development administrative assistant. “We want students to remember that sometimes, it’s the small deeds that are truly impactful.” Students from Lipscomb, Belmont, Fisk, Vanderbilt, Tennessee State and Trevecca will come together at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, in Tennessee State University’s Kean Hall to kick off the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Students will have several opportunities to choose from, including helping to paint McKissack Middle School, sorting food at Second Harvest Food Bank, painting a mural at Hadley Park Community Center, sorting medical supplies at Project C.U.R.E. and helping the Christian Women’s Job Corps of Middle Tennessee move to their new location. “The MLK Day of Service is a significant event in that it’s one of the only times in which all the universities come together, and it’s really exciting to see that vision that MLK had of serving, that everybody can serve,” SALT program coordinator Cara Harris said. “And I think just the way [students] take some time to come together and learn about why they’re doing it, that’s what makes it a unique service opportunity for Lipscomb...
by Crystal Davis | Jan 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lipscomb students gathered Saturday, Jan. 14 to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by serving the community in coalition with the SALT program. “We wanted to give students the opportunity to remember the legacy of Dr. King through service this weekend,” said SALT Program Assistant John Williams. “We have planned projects with Feed the Children, the Red Cross and Hands on Nashville to prime and paint the walls of Fire Station #20 in Nashville. Nearly 100 students have already registered to participate in service projects over the weekend.” Williams and the SALT program offered Tier 1 SALT credit, chapel credit and free t-shirts to student volunteers who opted to revamp the dated fire station walls. They painted throughout the common area, the bathrooms and the space allotted for the firefighters to sleep while on break at the station. The fire station had freshly painted walls by the end of the day. On-duty firefighters smiled as they looked around the station and expressed their deep appreciation for the volunteer work. “This project was a blessing to not only Lipscomb but also to the community,” said Trey Hudgins, vice president of Sigma Pi Beta. “The importance of recognizing how much courage Dr. King had to stand up for what he believed in is monumental and definitely reflected this past Saturday by the volunteers choosing to take time out of their weekend to serve others. “The roots of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. involved love and his compassion for others, which is a perfect representation of the love Christ had for us. Needless to say, the volunteers being there also showed that...
