As Inauguration Day nears, the nation will witness the induction of the first black president the same week devoted to another history-changing black leader -Martin Luther King Jr.And this year’s theme for SU’s annual ‘I Have a Dream Week’ week, ‘Evolution of a Dream,’ is particularly fitting, said Michelle Singletary, assistant director of the Office of Residence Life,.’I think that Obama being inaugurated the same week fits right in with the week-long commemoration,’ Singletary said.The week-long celebration beginning this Sunday honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is sponsored by the Office of Residence Life and will last until Jan. 23.She said she expects more student participation in this year’s events, because of the week’s close timing to the inauguration.The campus will begin its week of events with its annual MLK dinner celebration Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. A candlelight vigil will be held at 7 p.m. on the steps of Hendricks Chapel, where SU’s Black Celestial Choir will perform.Students from local elementary schools were asked to make artwork to display Tuesday evening in the Panasci Lounge in the Schine Student Center from 5 to 6:30 p.m. London Ladd, illustrator of children’s books, will attend for a book signing.John Rogers III will be speaking on the psychology of hip-hop in a discussion titled, ‘Survivalists turned into consumers’ in Hendricks Chapel at 7 p.m. Wednesday.’He is going to go back into history and talk about how African-American women were portrayed,’ Singletary said of Rogers. ‘Sometimes in the movies and song lyrics, women aren’t represented in the best light. He looks back at the beginning of hip-hop when it wasn’t the glorifying of money and bling and the objectifying of women.’Poetry to the People, a group of poets specializing in human rights, will perform Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry group from the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will also perform. In previous years, Poetry to the People was the only group featured. Singletary said that this year ORL decided to open up the night of poetry to other groups on campus.Franklin Magnet School’s fifth-grade class will be on campus Jan. 23 to make blankets for the homeless and cards for the elderly. The Campus Day of Service from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Schine Student Center will end the week-long celebration.’Part of King’s dreams is he talked about service to the community,’ Singletary said. ‘Before he died, he started working on a poor people’s campaign. He looked at poverty and how our service can help with that.’Forty years later, King’s message still runs deep, she said.’I think that President Obama being inaugurated in the same week fits right in with the week-long commemoration,’ Singletary said. ‘With him being elected, hopefully it will be a better world. This is MLK’s dream.’