MSU President Mark E. Keenum speaks as additional leaders from partnering groups look on, including (l-r) Shaina Kemp-Jefferson and Paulette Ferguson with Starkville Stand Up, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, State Sen. Angela Turner-Ford, Starkville Oktibbeha School District Superintendent Eddie Peasant, District Attorney Scott Colom and Starkville Second Baptist Church Senior Pastor Joseph L. Stone. The leaders came together July 16 to announce a local partnership seeking solutions to racism and paths to racial reconciliation.