Activities are open to the public and most are free.
The university will cancel classes on Jan. 15 to allow students and staff to join the tribute. Carter has served in the Oregon House of Representatives for more than 10 years and served on the House Conference Committee on Oregon's Dr. Martin Luther King State Holiday Day, including a term as committee co-chair. She has also served as regional president of Blacks in Government and as an executive committee member of the National Black Caucus. Georgia attorney Mary Young-Cummings will be keynote speaker for this year's celebration. A Georgia state representative from 1983-92, she came to national attention in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.