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Speaker encourages students to keep the dream alive
Adam Waterson / Photography Editor
Jessica Rivelli
The Pendulum
The Office of Minority
Affairs sponsored a celebra
tion in honor of the birth of
Martin Luther King Jr on Jan.
10th. Sir Walter Mack, Jr., a
1989 Elon graduate and pastor
of Union Baptist Church in
Winston-Salem, N.C., was the
commemorative speaker for
the event that took place at
noon in Whitley Auditorium.
Included in the celebra
tion were energetic musical
selections sang by the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Choir, a pas
sionate speech about King’s
life and Mack’s powerful ad
dress on keeping the dream alive.
Mack touched a variety on
issues throughout his speech and
as an Elon graduate. Mack was
able to relate them back to Elon.
He charged students to nurture
diversity and break racial barri
ers here on campus.
For him, education was the
most important tool that can be
used to gain racial and social
equality. He said that in order for
Elon students to truly get a lib
eral arts education they must
leam from every race’s history,
not just their own.
Mack compared a college
education to a caterpillar devel
oping in a cocoon. And like King,
all students can grow into a beau
tiful butterfly given the time to
develop. He challenged stu
dents to make the most of their
college education and take an
active role in learning.
“Just being here is not
enough, you must attend class
and do outside studies to con
tinue your growth in the co
coon,” Mack said.
Mack spoke of world
wide chaos in his address. He
noted that King’s dream has
not been realized yet. “We live
in a society where babies are
having babies and our votes are
not counted,” Mack said. He
urged the audience to move to
wards community and away
from violence.
One of the highlights of
Mack’s speech was a rendi
tion of I Can Fly by R. Kelly.
He inspired the audience to
follow in the steps of King by
making their visions of an
equal society become a real
ity. “We are the drum makers
of peace,” Mack commented.
Mack graduated from
Duke University with a mas
ter of divinity degree and re
ceived a doctorate from
United Theological Seminary
in Dayton, Ohio. WUNC-FM
recognized Mack as one of
the top 10 most effective
preachers in the Research
Triangle region of North
Carolina in 1997.
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