The celebration provides an opportunity for the WVU and greater Morgantown communities to come together to celebrate the life and legacy of King, and to recognize those in our community who have worked to uphold the principles of equality and social justice.
Tiffany Dena Loftin, activist and community organizer, is the keynote speaker. Loftin is the senior campaign lead at AFA-CWA, where she helps lead the campaign to organize 28,000 Delta Airlines flight attendants to win their first contract and form a union. Loftin also serves as the higher education lead for the Debt Collective, a union of borrowers who aim to abolish debt and make education, housing and healthcare a right for all.
She previously served as the national director for the Youth and College Division at the NAACP. Loftin is a certified trainer and community organizer for public education, labor and all things racial justice through civic engagement and issue campaign organizing. She is the producer and host of the How We Get Free podcast and is a teacher-in-residence at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
For questions, contact Javier McCoy, interim director of the Center for Black Culture, at Javier.Mccoy@mail.wvu.edu.