MLK Soup & Substance Tackles Police Brutality
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2014) — The University of Kentucky Martin Luther King Center will host its first Soup and Substance event of the 2014 fall semester at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.
This week's topic for the Soup & Substance: Real Talk, Real Issues and Real People series is a discussion of police injustice, brutality and discrimination. The topic — "When Did My Skin Color Become a Threat?: A Discussion on Police Brutality and Discrimination" — was chosen from a student's Twitter suggestion.
"With everything that happened in Ferguson (Missouri) over the summer — the death of Michael Brown and the way the local police responded to the protests — we felt it was an important discussion to have," said Rosalyn Robinson, assistant director of the UK Martin Luther King Center.
"Race is a factor (in our society) and that's why we wanted to bring it out on the table for an open, honest discussion among our students. They are anxious to be heard," Robinson added.
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Soup & Substance count as SSS (Student Support Services) and SOAR (CARES junior and seniors) events. Qualified students who attend SSS and SOAR events can receive credit to meet their scholarship requirements.
MEDIA CONTACT: Gail Hairston, gail.hairston@uky.edu, 859-257-3302