DALLAS TOWNSHIP -- Students at Misericordia University near Dallas honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a day filled with events.
Dayana Rodriguez-Munoz encouraged other students to sign a United Nations pledge.
"It's about being against racism, discrimination, and intolerance of any kind."
Once students signed the pledge, they were encouraged to post a message on Twitter using the hashtag #mudream, a modern-day version of Martin Luther King's dream.
Students at Misericordia say remembering the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is especially important this year, given the recent incidents in Ferguson, Missouri.
"One life is not more valuable than the other. We are all humans, and we should honor that and honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, who believed in that is the best thing we can do, especially in the upcoming events that have happened."
Other students at Misericordia honored Dr. King's legacy by passing on his ideas to a younger generation.
"The fact is, if we are not addressing the issue in our youth, you are going to see the same behavior perpetuated later on as we get older," said Misericordia graduate student Ryan Hassick.
Elementary and middle school students from the McGlynn Learning Center in Wilkes-Barre spent the day with graduate students at Misericordia who connected Dr. King's message of equality to bullying.
"He actually went out of his way because he felt that it wasn't good, the way people were treating other people, how there was a difference when everyone should become equal," said eighth grader Promese Pendarvis
"Sometimes kids that are different colors and stuff, they still get bullied, for anything else and how they look at things. Martin Luther King tried to make that difference," said seventh grader Leilany Ortiz.