Dr. MLK Jr. Diversity Student Leader Luncheon
The MLK Jr. Diversity Student Leader Luncheon is an annual event sponsored by the College of Agriculture during Martin Luther King Jr. Week. It provides students the opportunity to learn about the civil rights movement and current diversity issues from those who have fought and overcome cultural challenges.
The 2017 speaker for the MLK Student leader luncheon was Mr. Edward Honesty, President and Chief Operating Officer of Best Harvest Bakeries based in Kansas City, Kansas.
To view the 2017 keynote address by Mr. Edward Honesty Jr. please click this link.
Keynote Speakers
| 2017 | Mr. Edward Honesty Jr. | President and Chief Operating Officer, Best Harvest Bakeries |
| 2016 | Dr. Freddie Richards | Professor and Immediate Past Dean, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M |
| 2015 | Rodney Patterson | Director of Corporate Diversity and Talent Management, CoBank |
| 2014 | Eric B. Banks | Kansas State Conservationist, NRCS |
| 2013 | Dr. Eric C. Johnson | Senior Pastor Mt. Calvary 2nd Missionary Baptist Church, Canton, OH |
| 2012 | Dr. Bernard Franklin | Special Assistant to the Vice President for Student Life, Kansas State University |
| 2011 | Rodney O. Somerville | Manager, Specialty Training, Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. |
| 2010 | SFC Toliver Hill | US Army Equal Opportunity Advisor |
| 2009 | Chester Owens, Jr. | First African American City Councilman in Kansas City, Kansas |
| 2008 | Judge Tommy B. Webb | Sublette, Kansas |
| 2007 | Carl Butler | EEO National Society of MANRRS |
| 2006 | Carl Stovall | Boeing, Inc. |
| 2005 | Cargill Meat Solutions Valuing Differences Team | |
