The Civic Center for Community Engagement at Bowling Green hosted their ninth annual MLK Day of Service for over 1,000 students on campus. The day of service includes sending out students to nearly 50 locations in the Northwest Ohio region.
The opening ceremony included performances from the Voices of BGSU, a presentation and video from the CCCE and special guest speaker Tyran Boyd. Boyd is a 2009 BGSU graduate who spoke about the meanings that MLK Day has to him and why it is important to serve in the community.
“A lot of people focus on the dream portion… but to me it’s more of socioeconomics, education forefront poverty. It really is just people driving together, the forefront to be united. Not that they have to have the same ideas all the time, but to agree to disagree and to actually move the community forward to make it stronger than what it is today. So it’s a vision of tomorrow, than it always being today and what the past used to be.”
Boyd continued to speak about his special appearance, and what he wishes to achieve with taking part in this program.
“To me it feels great, but the biggest impact is if it reaches somebody else. If my actions could actually influence somebody else (to) think of something in a different matter. I appreciate the opportunities always to have conversation with the faculty, staff and students, and if the individuals are helping perpetuate the future.”
