Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Effect On College Campuses

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Dr. Martin Luther King was deeply committed to achieving social equality through the use of information. He worked to inform people about the harmfulness of oppression, not only that, he took active steps to eliminate these acts of oppression against groups that were seen as the ‘other’. I plan to use his method on SLU’s campus by joining the Active Minds club in order to promote mental health around the campus. Those who suffer from mental illness are constantly seen as the ‘other’ or ‘crazy’. At SLU, I will work to eradicate this line of thought because the number of those who suffer from mental disorders is rapidly increasing, especially on college campuses. I plan to inform the students around me that there is nothing wrong with having