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MLK bell ringing ceremony is Monday at CBC

The 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. bell-ringing ceremony is at noon Monday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. The event begins at the King statue on campus and then moves inside the Gjerde Center.
The 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. bell-ringing ceremony is at noon Monday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. The event begins at the King statue on campus and then moves inside the Gjerde Center. Tri-City Herald

The 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. bell-ringing ceremony is at noon Monday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

The event begins at the King statue on campus and then moves inside the Gjerde Center.

The event includes the Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award — an honor given to a person from the Tri-Cities who created positive social change.

Other highlights include a keynote address from motivational speaker Jordan Chaney, a performance from the community choir and a reading from Miss Juneteenth Tasia Allen.

This story was originally published January 15, 2017 at 10:23 AM with the headline "MLK bell ringing ceremony is Monday at CBC."

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