{"id":14816,"date":"2019-01-17T13:37:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/17\/clark-to-remember-mlk-with-performance-lecture-on-shared-dreams\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T05:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:42:22","slug":"clark-to-remember-mlk-with-performance-lecture-on-shared-dreams","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/17\/clark-to-remember-mlk-with-performance-lecture-on-shared-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark to remember MLK with performance lecture on &#8216;Shared Dreams&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            \n            <p class=\"intro news-subhead\">Award-winning actor, diversity trainer Ron Jones to visit Clark on Jan. 17<\/p>\n            <html><body><p> Martin Luther King at one of his most famous speeches, &#8220;I Have a Dream,&#8221; in Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nClark University will celebrate Martin Luther King Day this year with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V_LNqh8SaUg&amp;feature=youtu.be\">performance lecture<\/a> by Emmy award-winning actor and diversity trainer Ron Jones of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dialoguesondiversity.com\/\">Dialogues On Diversity,<\/a> at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, in Daniels Theater, Atwood Hall, 950 Main St. Jones&rsquo; performance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dialoguesondiversity.com\/shared-dreams\">&ldquo;Martin Luther King Jr. and the Strength of Shared Dreams,&rdquo;<\/a> is free and open to the public, and will include a question-and-answer session.\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_7810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7810\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7810 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Ron-Jones-300x159-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ron Jones\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nAn actor, director, and trainer for more than 20 years, Jones was awarded the Boston\/New England Regional Emmy of the National Academy of Television, Arts and Science in 2002. 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