* WHO :* Julian Bond, chairman, National Board of Directors, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nations oldest and largest civil rights organization

* WHAT :* A brief group question-and-answer session with media

* WHEN :* Thursday, Jan. 15, 5-5:20 p.m.

* WHERE :* One Waterfront Place, Room 6115

* PARKING :* Paid parking is available in the One Waterfront Place garage.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS :* Bond will be in Morgantown to help West Virginia University celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and discussThe Road to Freedom: From Alabama to Obama. WVU s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Commemoration Program is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, 61 Beechurst Ave. The service is organized by WVU s Center for Black Culture and Research. Bonds appearance in Morgantown comes five days before the inauguration in Washington, D.C., of Barack Obama as Americas first black president. (Press release at http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/news/page/7390/ )

Bonds bio and photo are available at http://www.naacp.org/about/leadership/directors/jbond/ .