Thank you Martin - A Tribute To Winter Soldiers: Stories From The Front |
Clarence B. Jones (attorney to Dr. King) will elaborate on the theme of his upcoming book: “America owes a great debt to King. Prior to King, America was like a dysfunctional drug addict or alcoholic who had tried and failed other previous 'treatments' to end its addiction to racism and segregation. Dr. King's non-violent 'tough love' to assure equal rights for all Americans, enabled our country to kick its ‘habit’ and embark on an extraordinary journey of recovery for social justice." Sponsored by the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
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Open House at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute |
In celebration of volume VI of the Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Advocate of the Social Gospel, MLKR&EI welcomes everyone to share in fellowship and light refreshment with our staff and scheduled guests: Clarence B. Jones (attorney to Dr. King); Michael Honey (historian & author); Bettie Mae Fikes (SNCC Freedom Singer); Dorothy Cotton (SCLC Director of Education). Sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute.
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“Re-thinking the King Holiday”: A Discussion with Bay Area Educators and Activists |
The Liberation Curriculum Initiative of the MLKR&EI invites Bay Area students, educators and activists to a panel discussion addressing the significance of the King holiday and how King and the Civil Rights Movement should be taught in classrooms today. Featured panelists are: Dr. Clayborne Carson (historian, author and director of the King Institute), Bob Hallett (teacher with Sojourn to the Past), Sandra Leigh (principal of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy), Daisy Martin, Ph.D. (director of Historical Thinking Matters, a Stanford School of Education project), Nikole Richardson (PhD student in Curriculum & Teacher Education) and Sherri Sawyer (co-founder of San Francisco Freedom School).
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Christian Celebration |
Featuring guest preacher the Rev. Benjamin Reynolds, former pastor of the Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church of Colorado Springs. Rev. Reynolds is passionate about social conscience, justice, peace and human transformation and is known as a man with a strong desire to open the walls of the church to reach out to the community that is desperately searching for answers to the meaning of life. Sponsored by the campus-wide King Celebration Committee and the Office for Religious Life.
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Food and Words for the Soul Luncheon |
Jonathan Thomas, Pastor of Administration at Jerusalem Baptist Church will do a reading of King’s original sermons featured in volume VI of the Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Advocate of the Social Gospel. Book signing by editors Clayborne Carson and Sue Englander immediately following. Musical entertainment and refreshments provided. Sponsored by the campus-wide King Celebration Committee.
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Introducing Volume VI of the King Papers: Advocate of the Social Gospel |
Co-editors of volume VI Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Smith, Rev. Troy Jackson, and Susan Englander will speak on King’s current relevance as a religious leader in a time of war, economic inequality, and social disruption. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute. |
Multi-Faith Celebration Honoring Dr. King |
Featuring guest preacher the Rev. Dr. Gerald Smith, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Kentucky, and pastor of the Farristown Baptist Church in Berea, Kentucky. He is the author of two books and is a co-editor of volume VI of the Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Advocate of the Social Gospel. Music for this special service features Talisman, the Memorial Church Choir under the direction of Gregory Wait, and University Organist Robert Huw Morgan. Sponsored by the campus-wide King Celebration Committee and the Office for Religious Life.
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Before Rosa Parks…Rivers of Change Film Screening and Discussion |
Featuring filmmaker William Waheed Dickerson and women who made history but not the history books, including Claudette Colvin. Rivers of Change: The Legacy of Five Unheralded Women in Montgomery and their Struggle for Justice and Dignity© chronicles the struggles of five unknown women who were instrumental in starting and ending the Montgomery bus boycott. Discussion to follow. Sponsored by the campus-wide King Celebration Committee.
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Aurora Forum – Spirituality & Social Change: An Interfaith Roundtable |
Aurora Forum and the MLKR&EI present an interfaith roundtable discussion focusing on the relation of spiritual practice and social change. The roundtable is moderated by Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann of Stanford’s Office for Religious Life and includes representatives from a range of faith traditions: Prof. Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth College; Imam Zaid Shakir of the Zaytuna Institute; Rev. Dr. Heng Sure of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery; Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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“White Like Me: Reflections on Race” |
Featuring Tim Wise, an activist, writer and speaker who will address issues of race and privilege and discuss why these issues matter to all Americans. Celebrate the King Holiday by learning how you can make a difference. Sponsored by the Asian American Activities Center, the campus-wide King Celebration Committee, and the Undergraduate Program of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
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