Fairview To Celebrate Scholarship Sunday/Langston University Day
By E. Harris | February 3, 2015
Fairview Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its annual Scholarship Sunday/Langston University Day on February 8, 2015 at 10:00am. The speaker for the occasion is Attorney Erick W. Harris. Each year, Fairview uses this special occasion to raise funds for its scholarship program to support local college students. Langston’s President, Dr. Kent J. Smith, Jr., the university choir, and the entire Langston community will join Fairview on this day. Dr. Smith will deliver greetings and the choir will deliver several selections. Local Greek fraternities and sororities have also been invited to participate in the service.
Erick W. Harris is an Assistant Attorney General for the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office. As an Assistant Attorney General, Erick works in the Public Utility Unit and represents the state of Oklahoma before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission by representing and protecting the interests of the state’s utility customers in rate-related proceedings. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Erick is licensed to practice law in all state courts in Oklahoma and is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association. A very community-oriented individual, Erick is a volunteer for several organizations and is a member of the Stephenson Cancer Board of Advocates and the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the Oklahoma City Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and a member of Fairview Missionary Baptist Church where he serves as a Deacon and Trustee. Erick is also a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.
Erick is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Oklahoma Journal of Law and Technology. He received a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma as well. Erick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Tuskegee University where he served as Student Government Association President and was an initiate of the Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
For more information, visit www.fairviewokc.com or call (405) 232-1621.
