Week of Service and Reflection honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Judy Alston’s address on Jan. 29 focuses on courageous leadership
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Judy Alston, professor and chair of Educational Leadership, will speak during the Jan. 29 Week of Service and Reflection event at Shriver Center honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Week of Service and Reflection honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Published
When Judy Alston heard the theme for ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s upcoming , a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. soon came to mind.
Courageous leadership will be at the center of Alston’s keynote address on Jan. 29 at Shriver Center. Alston, chair and professor of Educational Leadership, will deliver the address “A Charge to Keep I Have: The Call to Courageous Leadership, Change, and Community” at 5:15 p.m. in the John Dolibois Room.
“There is a quote from Dr. King, and I’ll say this in the piece, ‘Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ This talk is really trying to answer that,” Alston said. “I’m going to talk about what courageous leadership is, what that looks like when we talk about change, and all of that in the context of honoring Dr. King and who he was.”
A community silent march with the Delta Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. precedes Alston’s keynote address at 4:30 p.m. at Oxford Uptown Parks.
Alston, associate pastor at Woodland Christian Church in Columbus, also spoke during a Jan. 20 event at Kenyon College organized in conjunction with Knox County and Mount Vernon Nazarene.
“It was a really well attended, well done, and heartfelt program,” Alston said. “I talked about courage there as well. That seems to be a prevailing theme this year.
“I looked at my life in leadership — as a professor, as a teacher, and as a minister. It’s all intertwined. I recognize the charge I have in my life, the call I have in my life. It just happens to align really well with that theme.”
Alston had a number of undergraduates approach her following her talk at Kenyon, thanking her for her words.
Events like that and the upcoming talk at Shriver Center are crucial in giving context, not only to Martin Luther King Jr., but also for addressing contemporary times, Alston said.
And it goes back to that quote.
“That one really spoke to me because of who I am and who I’ve been called to be in this world,” Alston said. “I believe in understanding that we, each of us, are created to do and be particular things, and those things aren’t necessarily for us individually. They are for other people. How can we individually have a role in making serious and lasting change?
“At the end of the day, a university is about teaching. This is another way to teach ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs outside of a classroom.”
Courageous leadership will be at the center of Alston’s keynote address on Jan. 29 at Shriver Center. Alston, chair and professor of Educational Leadership, will deliver the address “A Charge to Keep I Have: The Call to Courageous Leadership, Change, and Community” at 5:15 p.m. in the John Dolibois Room.
“There is a quote from Dr. King, and I’ll say this in the piece, ‘Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ This talk is really trying to answer that,” Alston said. “I’m going to talk about what courageous leadership is, what that looks like when we talk about change, and all of that in the context of honoring Dr. King and who he was.”
A community silent march with the Delta Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. precedes Alston’s keynote address at 4:30 p.m. at Oxford Uptown Parks.
Alston, associate pastor at Woodland Christian Church in Columbus, also spoke during a Jan. 20 event at Kenyon College organized in conjunction with Knox County and Mount Vernon Nazarene.
“It was a really well attended, well done, and heartfelt program,” Alston said. “I talked about courage there as well. That seems to be a prevailing theme this year.
“I looked at my life in leadership — as a professor, as a teacher, and as a minister. It’s all intertwined. I recognize the charge I have in my life, the call I have in my life. It just happens to align really well with that theme.”
Alston had a number of undergraduates approach her following her talk at Kenyon, thanking her for her words.
Events like that and the upcoming talk at Shriver Center are crucial in giving context, not only to Martin Luther King Jr., but also for addressing contemporary times, Alston said.
And it goes back to that quote.
“That one really spoke to me because of who I am and who I’ve been called to be in this world,” Alston said. “I believe in understanding that we, each of us, are created to do and be particular things, and those things aren’t necessarily for us individually. They are for other people. How can we individually have a role in making serious and lasting change?
“At the end of the day, a university is about teaching. This is another way to teach ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs outside of a classroom.”
Established in 1809, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.