The event features live entertainment, speeches, an essay contest and refreshments
For the first time since the pandemic, the city of Carson’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute is returning in person.
This year’s event is themed “Dr. King’s impact on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion” and will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13. It will feature live entertainment, readings from winners of the MLK Tribute essay contest and a keynote speech from DEI expert Kevin Hooks. “For some of the people in the Carson community who may be in their 60s, 70s, and 80s and watched Dr. King throughout the 1960s, it’s hard to come up with something new that they don’t know,” said Cook. “So we really focus on educational pieces that people can learn something new about or that they hadn’t heard before.”
Keynote speaker Kevin Hooks is an expert in this field and serves as a DEI consultant through his firm CEOLIFE Unplugged. Prior to starting his consulting business, Hooks helped shape public policy as the Chairman of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and was a leading voice for social justice as the CEO of the Las Vegas Urban League.
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