FSU students engage in day of service and give back to local community as part of MLK Week

Sixteen Florida State University students volunteered with the City of Tallahassee for the annual MLK Community Celebration and Festival at Cascades Park on Monday, Jan. 20.

As part of FSU’s 37th Annual MLK Week, “United We Serve” encouraged FSU students to get involved with service projects offered by the FSU Center for Leadership & Service’s EngageTLH program. The event brought together members of the FSU student organization DREAM and Student Government Association, as well as students with EngageTLH, the Community Ambassador Program and Service Scholars from the Center for Leadership & Service.

“When students commit to service, they are doing more than helping out, they are learning alongside local leaders while building trust and collective empowerment in their community,” said Maria-Paula McIntyre, program coordinator for EngageTLH.

Student volunteers participated in place-based community service and engaged with Tallahassee history that is displayed throughout Cascades Park.

“The MLK Day events held by the City of Tallahassee are essential for fostering community and promoting service,” said Priyanka Perumalraja, an FSU sophomore studying computational biology. “Service is an act of bringing the community together to address a community need in an actionable way and is one of the most important facets of our society.”

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