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The Michigan Community Scholars Program<\/a> hosted the 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day \u201cCircle of Unity<\/a>\u201d event Monday afternoon. Over 50 people gathered in the LSA Building Atrium to watch students and local artists perform music, dance and share spoken word poetry in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n The event opened with remarks from MCSP Director Christine Modey, who said King\u2019s reflections on unity as a response to chaos were a guiding value for the event.<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Martin Luther King Jr., in his last book, wrote about a choice that we all face when things are falling apart,\u201d Modey said. \u201cWe can let them devolve into chaos, or we can choose community. As I look around the world today, it feels like there\u2019s plenty of chaos. And yet MCSP invites you all here to be part of building community through song, through poetry and through fellowship together in a place where we affirm what\u2019s best about people.\u201d<\/p>\n The event\u00a0 featured Jelani Bayi, one of the original student founders of the \u201cCircle of Unity, who\u00a0 spoke about the event\u2019s origins.\u00a0<\/p>\n