Princeton University’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 19, 2015

Keynote Speaker

Cecilia Elena RouseDean of the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs

Cecilia Elena Rouse is the Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education. She is the founding director of the Princeton University Education Research Section, a member of the National Academy of Education, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her primary research interests are in labor economics with a focus on the economics of education. Rouse has served as an editor of the Journal of Labor Economics

and is currently a senior editor of The Future of Children. In 1998-99 she served a year in the White House at the National Economic Council and from 2009-2011 served as a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. She is a member of the board of directors of MDRC, and a director of the T. Rowe Price Equity Mutual Funds and T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Mutual Funds. She received her B.A. in economics from Harvard University in 1986 and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1992.

Celebrating its twenty-fifth year, the Trenton Children’s Chorus (TCC) is a unique after-school program that provides support to 140 young people in grades K-12 in the greater Trenton area. Under the leadership of its executive artistic director, Patricia Thel, TCC offers choral music education and

Trenton Children’s Chorusperformance opportunities as well as drumming instruction, tutoring, homework assistance, SAT prep, college application help, and summer camp scholarships. The program is designed to accommodate young people from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds and boasts a 100 percent success rate in sending

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a powerful advocate for human rights who became one of the most noted African Americans in history. Yet even King acknowledged that his work represented the continuation of a journey started by others before him, including some of his personal mentors and heroes such as Jesus Christ, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays,

A. Philip Randolph and Mahatma Gandhi. King also predicted that the journey would not end with his own death.

He often warned that this journey was not an easy path, but a courageous one. In his 1967 address, “Where Do We Go From Here?” King said: “I must confess, my friends, the road ahead will not always be smooth. There will still be rocky places of frustration and meandering points of bewilderment. There will be inevitable setbacks here and there. There will be those moments when the buoyancy of hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair. Our dreams will sometimes be shattered and our ethereal hopes blasted. ... Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.”

And so, the journey continues.

The MLK Day Journey Award has been created to recognize annually members of the Princeton University faculty, staff

Larry A. Spruill, for Lifetime Service, 2014 Karen Jackson-Weaver, for Special Achievement, 2013Miguel Centeno, for Lifetime Service, 2012Sandra Mukasa, for Special Achievement, 2012Tommy Parker, for Lifetime Service, 2011Josue Lajeunesse, for Special Achievement, 2011Janet Smith Dickerson, for Lifetime Service, 2010William A. Massey, for Lifetime Service, 2009John Templeton, for Lifetime Service, 2008Anna Almore, for Special Achievement, 2008Albert J. Raboteau, for Lifetime Service, 2006Robert K. Durkee, for Lifetime Service, 2005Dylan H. Tatz, for Special Achievement, 2005

The Journey Award

Past Journey Award Recipients

or student body who best represent the continued journey to achieve King’s vision. Awardees have demonstrated that they support King’s philosophy and teachings and that they have actively contributed to the improvement of civil rights and/or human rights, particularly in manners that have positively affected the Princeton University community.

its graduates on to college. TCC has performed for corporate, community, church and private events in the greater Trenton area as well as at the White House, United Nations, the National Cathedral, the Library of Congress, the inauguration of Governor Chris Christie, and in concert with Bobby McFerrin and Dave Brubeck.

Photo courtesy of Cecilia Rouse

Journey Award Winner for Lifetime ServiceKenneth I. Grayson

For nearly 45 years, the “power” of Princeton has rested with Kenneth Grayson, foreman of the Electric Shop. He has been a role model

and problem-solver with limitless energy and dedication to Princeton. “He pulls rabbits out of hats in support of student activities and events,” says Charles Krank, assistant director, Grounds and Building Maintenance. Whether making repairs behind the scenes at the Chapel, bringing light and life to Reunions, or working on Christmas morning so his staff can enjoy the holidays with their families, Grayson is always thinking of others.

Grayson’s dedication to excellence in his work is matched only by his love of music. He has graced the campus with his golden voice for years, often participating in campus-wide events for Veteran’s Day as well as the Staff Recognition Luncheon. A faithful member of the Chapel Choir for more than 15 years, Grayson has performed with the choir for audiences around the globe.

Journey Award Winner for Special AchievementDavid B. Campbell, Ph.D., CGP

Grayson’s spirit of service manifests itself not only through the University-wide committees on which he participates, but also through the relationships he builds with members of the campus community. Thomas Corcoran, manager, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Systems notes, “He is a tireless advocate not just for the University but for the community -- with students always receiving top priority.” One of the inaugural winners of the President’s Achievement Awards, Grayson has also been honored by the Associate of Black Princeton Alumni with the Dr. Carl A. Fields Memorial University Service Award, as well as being selected as an honorary member of the Class of 2002. A proud son of Chicago, Grayson is the father of three daughters and beaming grandfather to four grandchildren.

David Campbell, a senior staff psychologist at Princeton University’s Counseling & Psychological Services (CPS), currently serves as Coordinator of Group Counseling & Support and Coordinator of the Mind Body Health Services Team. In addition to providing individual and couples psychotherapy, he leads groups for students regarding race and identity, procrastination, stress and anxiety, and challenges in troubled families. Incorporating mindfulness meditation in his work with students, Campbell strives to affirm students and help them to make sense of personal experiences while recognizing that social forces like racism, classism, sexism and homophobia have an impact on how people feel about themselves and others.

A dedicated member of CPS for more than 10 years, Campbell has also taken a keen interest in encouraging open dialogue among his colleagues and facilitates the Diversity Reading Group for CPS staff members. Calvin Chin, director of CPS notes, “He pushes us to

develop our multicultural competence, and serves as an important voice to remind us to consider cultural differences when we discuss a student’s treatment or care.”

Since coming to Princeton, Campbell has published in a peer review journal on the impact of oppression for people with identities different from the cultural norm and authored a psychobiographical chapter about Muhammad Ali in The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives.

Licensed in New Jersey and New York with more than 20 years of mental health experience, Campbell earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the Graduate School and University Center at City College in 1996. He completed a clinical psychology internship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and earned the Certified Group Psychotherapy credential from the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society in New York City. As an assistant professor

and counselor at the College of Staten Island, he researched and published in the area of racial identity and achievement. Campbell is married to Dr. Amanda Rose and they have two children.

Photo courtesy of Zia Best

Photo courtesy of James Eatroff

 

MUSICAL SELECTIONSTrenton Children’s Chorus

WELCOMEChristopher L. EisgruberPresident

OPENING REMARKS ANDINTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTEChristopher L. Eisgruber

KEYNOTE ADDRESSCecilia Elena RouseDean of the Woodrow Wilson School

COMMUNITY SERVICE RECOGNITIONMichele Minter Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity

JOURNEY AWARD PRESENTATIONSChristopher L. Eisgruber

MUSICAL SELECTIONSTrenton Children’s Chorus

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Princetontwice at the invitation of Dean of the ChapelErnest Gordon, once in 1960 and once in1962. He attends a dinner on campus in the photo above. (Photo courtesy of Mudd Library)

“Injustice anywhere is a threat tojustice everywhere. We are caught inan inescapable network of mutuality,tied in a single garment of destiny.Whatever affects one directly, affectsall indirectly.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter From the Birmingham Jail,” 1963

Special thanks to the following offices and organizations that made the volunteerism and celebration possible:

Broadcast Center, Mercer Street Friends, Office of Communications, Office of Community and Regional Affairs, Office of the Dean for Research, Office of Human Resources, Office of the President, Office of Printing and Mailing, Office of Public Affairs, Princeton Nursery School, Richardson Auditorium, Trenton City Museum and University Services.

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