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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—(www.ucr.edu) — The University of California Riverside will host a tribute and candlelight vigil to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Saturday Jan. 13, 2007, at 4 p.m. at UCR’s University Theatre.

Through poetry, songs performed by the UCR Choral Society, and presentations by local elementary school students, this event will spotlight King’s accomplishments that helped make civil rights a national priority in the 1950s and ‘60s and earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Following the tribute, there will be a silent march to UCR’s Carillon Bell Tower in the center of campus followed by a candlelight vigil.

The program will be presented by the Pi Epsilon chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. King was a member of the fraternity, which was established in 1906 and was the country’s first African American intercollegiate fraternity. UCR’s Pi Epsilon chapter was founded in 2003.

For more information regarding upcoming Alpha Phi Alpha events or community service activities contact piepsilon@googlegroups.com.

The University of California, Riverside (www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus opened a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion.

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