MLK Center Hosts 'The Convo' Part 2 Featuring Malik Yoba and Amir Windom

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 29, 2106) — The Martin Luther King Center — in partnership with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) — will continue the second installment of their new series, "The Convo," as Malik Yoba and Amir Windom talk to campus about preventing the demise of personal and professional relationships. The event will be held 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at Memorial Hall.

Amir Windom is a Grammy Award-winning record executive. Malik Yoba is an actor, entrepreneur and educator. Attendees can expect the event to be a “fish bowl” conversation between Windom and Yoba. Those in attendance can also participate through a live microphone as well as a Twitter wall.

Yoba and Windom plan to speak on topics such as branding, interpersonal communication, leadership skills and community activism. The event will be recorded and made available on the Martin Luther King Center website, as well as social media.

The first event of the series — also featuring Amir Windom — was a great accomplishment and very well liked by students.

"'The Convo' series with Tatyana Ali was a huge success. The students were very engaging and it's really created a lot of additional excitement for 'The Convo' series part two featuring my good friend Malik Yoba,” Windom said. “What the MLK Center and myself have created with this 'Convo' series will only get better and add more value to UK students and community."

Windom has been a major part of making "The Convo" series possible said Kahlil Baker, director of the University of Kentucky Martin Luther King Center.

“His message and ability to connect his success to the students and inspire them made it easy to bring him back to campus,” Baker said.

The Martin Luther King Center's goal is to provide programs of substance for students. Windom has been supportive of the center and used his relationships to bring individuals such as Fonzworth Bentley, Jeff Johnson, Tatyana Ali and now Malik Yoba to UK.

The center has plans to continue "The Convo" series with an equally inspirational guest. For more information on the Wednesday, March 2, "Convo" series event with Amir Windom and Malik Yoba, click here.

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