UF students to tear down symbolic wall on Friday

January 26, 2010

Who: University of Florida students will bring down a concrete block wall as a culminating activity during the MLK2010: Leave Your Mark celebration.

What: The Writing on the Wall Project will end with students collectively pulling down a 40-by-9 foot concrete block wall. The wall was constructed of blocks on which UF students painted words representing the oppression of others.

When: 1:15 p.m. Friday.

Where: Plaza of the Americas on the UF campus near Library West, Peabody Hall and University Auditorium.

Background: More information on the Writing on the Wall Project can be found at wotw.housing.ufl.edu. More information about the MLK2010: Leave Your Mark celebration is available at: http://www.multicultural.ufl.edu/mlk/.

CONTACT: Natalia Leal, UF’s assistant director of Multicultural and Diversity Affairs and director of the Institute of Hispanic Latino Cultures, 352-392-1261, ext. 254, natalial@multicultural.ufl.edu