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41st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration

The Marcus Performing Arts Center has celebrated Dr. King’s Birthday annually since 1984. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration programming highlights the youth in our community who interpret Dr. King’s words through student contests. Winners will be showcased at a free celebration event held in the Marcus Performing Arts Center.

Theme: WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS?

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, August 11, 1957

 

All contests are currently closed. Winners will be announced prior to the celebration in January. More information can be found on the study guide.

All written and spoken entries must be 100% the students’ own original content. Any outside sources must be cited, and artificial intelligence may not be used. 

 

Grades K-2  

1st Place Kaia Plautz – MacDowell Montessori School

2nd Place Grant GrabowskiMacDowell Montessori School 

3rd Place Pamela Greer – MacDowell Montessori School

Grades 3-5  

1st Place Kyrie Barnes – Samuel Clemens School

2nd Place Chad Roy-Johnson – Samuel Clemens School

3rd Place Heaven Patton – Samuel Clemens School

Grades 6-8  

1st Place Lucia Lamers – Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts

2nd Place Noemi Cruz-Gutierrez – Wedgewood Park International School

3rd Place Mason Joseph – Wedgewood Park International School

Grades 9-12  

1st Place Olivia Copp – St. Thomas More High School

2nd Place Karina Vanegas-Valdespino – Riverside University High School

3rd Place Alexis Frazier-Jasper – MacDowell Montessori School

Grades K-2 

1st Place Josie Evans – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School

2nd Place Dayon Robinson – Sherman Multicultural Arts School 

3rd Place Christopher Lundman – Eastbrook Academy
 

Grades 3-4 

1st Place Eddie SmithCraig Montessori School 

2nd Place Mason Walker – Eastbrook Academy 

3rd Place Oumalkaire Osman – Zablocki School
 

Grades 5-6 

1st Place Chad Roy-Johnson Samuel Clemens School 

2nd Place Renad Kabashi – Golda Meir School 

3rd Place Nur Zahirah Abu Tahir – Victory School 

Grades 7-8  

1st Place Titania McHenry Fernwood Montessori School 

2nd Place Justin Eiland Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School 

3rd Place Carneshia Louis Green Tree Preparatory Academy 

Grades 9-10

1st Place Dahlia Santiago – Golda Meir School 

2nd Place Praise Ayodabo Eastbrook Academy 

3rd Place Taniyah Purifoy Riverside University High School
 

Grades 11-12 

1st Place Leah Serdynski Wisconsin Connections Academy 

2nd Place Sage Marshall – Eastbrook Academy 

3rd Place Joelle Askew – Golda Meir School

Grades K-1

Sherman Multicultural Arts School, Lori Carmichael and Lynn Beaudoin (Teachers) 

Students: Brooklyn Atkins, Draya Bacon-Howell, Nygel Blount, Ka’Naisa Brown, Lakyrah Campbell, Camryn Dawson, Deovyon Harwell, Narriah Hinton, Mister Madison, Jaiden Ousley-Edwards, Dayon Robinson, Aubriell Smith, Amara Thao, Ray’Mel Thomas, Morris Webster, Anmani Wiley, Skylah Wills-McNeal, Pharoahaudry Wise, Royce York 

Grades 2-3 

1st Place Leanna Mitchell Samuel Clemens School 

2nd Place Journey Durr-Green – Richard Kluge School

3rd Place Thway LaMinRichard Kluge School 

 

Grades 4-5 

1st Place Malayshia Riser – Samuel Clemens School

2nd Place Lailah Brown-Stephens – Golda Meir School 

3rd Place Kyrie Barnes – Samuel Clemens School
 

Grade 6 

1st Place Renad Kabashi – Golda Meir School 

2nd Place Ruth Omoruyi – Eastbrook Academy

3rd Place Celeste Ziegler – Fernwood Montessori School

Grades 7-8

1st Place Yasmeen Zeriouh – Salam School 

2nd Place Jasimah Kobir Ahmad – Salam School

3rd Place Maha Awawda – Salam School
 

Grades 9-10

1st Place Eternity Hopper Milwaukee High School of the Arts

2nd Place Dimieria Johnson – Riverside University High School

3rd Place Ammarie Teague – Riverside University High School

Grades 11-12

1st Place Calvin VangGolda Meir School

2nd Place La’Zerious Hunt Golda Meir School

3rd Place Kaleb Colbert – Golda Meir School 

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Event dates

January 20 @ 4:00 pm

Contests deadline is November 22, 2024.

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For all ages

Culture Collective:
This show is part of the 2024/25 Culture Collective Series. Explore the Collective here.

Presenter
MPAC Presents
Genre
Family , Free , Speaker

Theater

Marcus Performing Arts Center
929 N Water St
Milwaukee, WI 53202 United States
Accessibility

Wheelchair Assistance

Thank you to our sponsors

Bader Philanthropies (Presenting Sponsor)

We Energies and Milwaukee Public Schools (Speech Contest Sponsors)

Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Writing Contest Sponsors)

Marcus Performing Arts Center (Art Contest Sponsor)

Milwaukee County Transit System (Legacy Sponsor)

Milwaukee County Office of Equity, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Educators Credit Union, Islamic Society of Milwaukee, and 101.7 The Truth (Freedom Sponsors)

Landmark Credit Union (Peace Sponsor)