12 p.m. - 1 p.m. - (Lunch & Learn) - Tribute Reading Event: - A Tribute Reading of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” Presented by Fort Scott Community College & Pittsburg State University Students. • Tomato soup, dessert, drinks and birthday cake will be available for free. (Attendees may also... Read more »
Fort Scott Community College will be closed on Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While campus offices will not be open, we encourage students, faculty, staff, and community members to participate in the MLK Jr. Day events taking place at the Ellis Fine Arts Center, hosted by the Gordon Parks Museum. For a full schedule... Read more »
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - (Food Drive) “Day of Service” Join us as we will collect canned and non-perishable food items to donate to the Beacon in Fort Scott, KS. Anyone in the community is invited to drop off canned and non-perishable food.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Showing of the PBS home video documentary “In Remembrance of Martin”. In the FSCC Ellis Fine Arts Center/Auditorium. FREE.
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. - (Lunch & Learn) - “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In“ Presented by Dr. Prisca Barnes is the founder of Storytime Village, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Wichita that promotes reading among low-income children and families. Seeking racial equity and an end to segregation, Wichita’s Black students organized and staged a sit-in... Read more »
