Featured in the documentary Freedom Riders, The Rev. Dr. Lafayette, an ordained minister, is a longtime civil rights activist, organizer, and an authority on nonviolent social change. He co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960 and he was appointed by Martin Luther King, Jr. to be national program administrator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and national coordinator of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.
Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr. talked with MCSP on October 27th, 2011. To see the conversation please follow the link below.
Along with outstanding leadership skills, our students have a variety of creative talents. Inspired by their MCSPassion, they put together an MCSP Song and Video. Enjoy!
MCSP students stay engaged throughout the school-year AND the summer! This video shows how MCSP sophomore student leader, Dan Morse, spent last summer working with Future Civic Leaders, an organization that empowers high school students to participate in local civic and political processes to improve their communities. To learn more about Future Civic Leaders, please click here.
