In planning Stanislaus State’s fourth annual Black Power Matters event in celebration of Black History Month on Feb. 18, organizer Mary Roaf invited Michael Baldwin to be a panelist, having seen him serve as master of ceremonies at the Modesto NAACP Kwanzaa celebration, and more recently, seeing an Instagram video of him speaking to Stan State’s Project Rebound students.
Baldwin accepted without reservation, only to learn later the theme is Knowledge, Truth and Liberation.