An all-day diversity fair will be held Saturday, April 19 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The student governments of Harris-Stowe State University and Saint Louis University will come together as part of the Diversity Awareness Partnership to host the Dream Keeper’s Fair, running from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and opening with a two-minute moment of silence.

After the tribute there will be a variety of festivities available for participants to take in throughout the day.

Organizers said this fair is also about healing racial rifts in St. Louis. In a statement from the group, they wrote:

Race has been a divisive element within the City of St. Louis. There have been a number of events recently that threaten to keep the City from achieving racial harmony and equality. The Dream Keepers’ Fair aims to encourage people to begin crossing the street — to become more aware of the issues and the intolerance that are present in our communities; to become more willing to listen, learn, and experience; to realize that:

“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality; tied in a single garment of destiny. What ever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” - Dr. King

The partnership was initially developed last year after the two student governments worked together to raise $10,000 for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project in Washington, D.C.

The group now exists with the “purpose of strengthening the relationship between the two institutions as well as serving as a model for racial reconciliation in the City of St. Louis.”