The I. DeQuincey Newman Institute for Peace and Social Justice received approximately $3,000 from the USC Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee June 15.
Since 2003, the MLK Committee has given the proceeds from its Martin Luther King Jr. Gospel Fest to the Newman Institute. Bobby Gist, chair of the MLK Committee and executive assistant to the president for equal opportunity programs, made this year’s gift presentation.
The Newman Institute was conceived in 2001 in partnership with the University, the College of Social Work, and interested community groups with the goal of improving human relations and services in the public’s interest. The Newman Professorship and the Institute were established to honor the memory and extraordinary contributions of the late Reverend Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, the state’s first black senator since Reconstruction.
“The Institute is primarily funded by donations and other forms of external funding,” said Sadye Logan, the Newman Professor in the College of Social and director of the Newman Institute. “The Institute is deeply appreciative of the ongoing financial support provided by the MLK Committee. These proceeds have assisted the Institute in presenting programs such as the recent I. DeQuincey Newman Lecture on Peace and Social Justice.”
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Bobby Gist, executive assistant to the president for equal opportunity programs and chair of the MLK Committee
Sadye Logan, Newman Professor in the College of Social Work and director of the Newman Institute
