Educator, civil rights activist Bob Moses headlines MLK Jr. Convocation

Bob Moses
Bob Moses (Photo by Michael Lisnet, Math for America)
Save Wednesday, February 6, at 7 p.m. for the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation.

Featured speaker will be Bob Moses, a Harvard-trained educator and leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement who later founded the nationwide U.S. Algebra project.

Moses will speak on ”Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right: School Children as Constitutional People."

Also, the convocation will feature presentation of the fifth annual Tony Hill Memorial Award given to commemorate the life and work of the late Santa Cruz community leader. Nominations are still being accepted. Use this form to nominate a community member for the award.

More information on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation is available at
http://events.ucsc.edu/mlk/ .