Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

On January 20 at 7 p.m. Viterbo University will host the Community Celebration in its Fine Arts Center and on its Facebook page. The guest speaker will be Lerone A. Martin, Centennial Chair, Director, Professor Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. This year's MLK Junior Award recipients will also speak. The event is free and everyone is welcome. Learn more at https://www.viterbo.edu/social-justice-and-equity/mlk-day-service-learning-and-celebration

Earlier in the day, you can attend the annual Beloved Community Commemorative Service from the King Center in Atlanta online from 8 to 10 a.m. Central. The program will be streamed by theKingcenter.org and on their Facebook page. The speaker will be Bishop William J. Barber, II

On Tuesday, January 28 at 5:30 p.m., the annual MLK Symposium will be held at UW-Madison and live streamed. The MLK Symposium celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a relevant and thought-provoking speaker who connects their speech/performance to the teachings, lessons, and the legacy of MLK. The annual event provides an opportunity for the campus to remember, learn, and act on lessons from King’s legacy of activism, equity, social justice, and community building.

This year's speaker is Donzaleigh Abernathy, the youngest daughter of American Civil Rights Movement co-founder Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy and the goddaughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She is an author, actress, and documentarian.

Get more information about the program and register for in-person tickets or the live stream link at https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/theater-mlk-symposium-donzaleigh-abernathy/  (Click "Buy Tickets" to register for live stream link.)

On February 3 at 6 p.m., Cornell University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration will feature activist, writer and lecturer Angela Davis, speaking on the intersectional struggle for liberation today. Davis is professor emerita of history of consciousness and feminist studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. An activist, writer and lecturer, her work focuses on prisons, police, abolition and the related intersections of race, gender and class. Register for the live stream at https://scl.cornell.edu/MLKLecture