Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Triad Collegiate Challenge 2010

Sit In. Stand Up. March On.

Logo Design Contest

Students from participating campuses were encouraged to submit original artwork based around the Triad’s theme of Sit In. Stand Up. March On. The winning logo will be used on t-shirts, posters, online advertisements, & more as the word is spread about the MLK Day of Service.

And the winner is....Kelsey Wagner from Guilford Technical Community College!  Kelsey's design was selected from 25 submissions.  Kelsey's design shows three barstools, symbolizing the barstools that the North Carolina A & T students sat on when they launched the Sit-In Movement on February 1, 1960 at a Woolworth's in downtown Greensboro, NC. Greensboro’s Woolworth’s store desegregated its lunch counter several months after its sit-in, on July 26, 1960, serving blacks and whites alike. As early as one week after the Greensboro sit-in had begun, students in other North Carolina towns launched their own sit-ins which ultimately led to the complete desegregation of eating establishments nationwide.

Triad Collegiate Challenge Overview

After an initial planning meeting at Greensboro College in August 2009, 12 universities & community colleges across the Triad have teamed together to help make the 2010 MLK Day of Service the biggest yet. Uniting around the theme of “Sit In. Stand Up. March On.” college students will mobilize across High Point, Winston-Salem, and Greensboro to serve in their communities while honoring the Triad’s unique civil rights history. Bennett College for Women, Davidson County Community College, Forsyth Technical Community College, Greensboro College, Guilford Technical Community College, Guilford College, Salem College, Surry Community College, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University, UNC Greensboro, & the UNC School of the Arts students have joined together for the Triad Collegiate Challenge. Below are events planned for the Triad Collegiate Challenge. More information on specific service projects for the MLK Day of Service will follow.

Book Drive

Triad campuses will participate in a book drive competition, collecting books to benefit local literacy agencies. The book drive will run from mid-November to mid-January with the winner announced on MLK Day 2010. 

Unity March & Gathering

After a day of service, campuses will join together for a unity march in downtown Greensboro followed by a reflection ceremony/gathering at Greensboro College on MLK Day 2010.  Students will assemble at the MLK statue on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and S. Elm St in Greensboro ( 501 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401).  This statue was created by artist Wilbur Lee.

Greater Triad Effort  - "Lend a Hand. Live the Dream."

Under this theme, the Volunteer Center for Greensboro is heading up a steering team to promote the MLK Day of Service regionwide.  For general information about the Triad expansion effort visit www.mlkdaytriadnc.org

If you have general questions contact Kara Brown, the NC Campus Compact MLK VISTA at (336) 278-7125. 

For general information about the MLK national Day of Service visit www.mlkday.gov.