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Celebrate MLK Week 2024

Join us in remembering the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his stewardship and civil rights activism during MLK Week from Monday, Jan. 8 – Friday, January 19, 2024.

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Monday, Jan. 8 through Friday, Jan. 19, 2024

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For an in-depth description of the following events, click here.

Get on The Bus Donation Drive
Monday, January 8 - Friday, January 19

Description: Get On The Bus unites children throughout California who have been separated from their mothers and fathers in prison. An annual event offers free transportation to the prison for the children and their chaperones.
Hosted by Office of Community Service Learning and Armacost Library

Donate the following supplies for children who are visiting their incarcerated parent:
• Books (K-12)
• Coloring books
• Crayons
• Colored pencils
• Pens
Donation drop locations:
• Volunteer Center Desk, Hunsaker University Center, first floor
• Armacost Library, second floor lobby

Interfaith Service Remembering Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 14, 11:00am

Description: Rev. Dr. Laurie Garrett-Cobbina, Dean of San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS) Keynote Preacher at Grace Cathedral of San Francisco. For more information, visit Sunday Services at https://www.redlands.edu/mlkinterfaith/ 

Dr. King Photo Gallery
Tuesday, January 16 - Friday, January 19

Location: Hunsaker University Center Lobby.
Hosted by: Student Involvement and Success
Description: Hang out at Hunsaker's first floor to see images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the various facets of his life.

MLK Peace Walk Workshop
Tuesday, January 16 - Thursday, January 18

Location: Multicultural Center, Hunsaker University Center, first floor
Hosted by: The Office for Inclusion and Community
Description: Create your peace walk solidarity poster that expresses the unrest that you are holding space for at Thursday's MLK Peace Walk.

Get on The Bus Blanket Making
Tuesday, January 16, 11 a.m. -1 p.m.

Location: Armacost Library, second floor
Hosted by: Hosted by Office of Community Service Learning and Armacost Library
Description: Help us make no-sew blankets for kids

Luminaria Ceremony
Tuesday, January 16, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Location: Hunsaker University Plaza Fountain
Hosted by: Office of Community Service Learning and Black Students, Faculty, Staff, Administrators, and Alumni Association [BSFSAAJ]
Description: Design luminaries and light up the fountain with the Bulldog community's aspirations to build a brighter future. Hear inspirational music and readings about Dr. King's work and legacy! 

Day of Dialogue
Wednesday, January 17, Noon - 2 p.m

Location: Zoom: redlands.edu/MLKDayofDialogue
Meeting ID: 816 8489 0487
Passcode:254448
Hosted by: The School of Education Center for Educational Justice
Description: Join The Center for Educational Justice for a panel discussion on the impact of global settler colonialism and how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s activism and scholarship speak back to the impact settler colonialism has on us - physically, psychologically, intellectually, environmentally, and spiritually.

MLK Peace Walk
Thursday, January 18, 11 a.m. - noon

Hosted by: Black Students, Faculty, Staff, Administrators, and Alumni Association [BSFSAAJ and University of Redlands Staff Assembly [URSA).
Description: Come rain or shine the U of R community will stand in peace and solidarity for inter-reflection amid the trauma that is occurring nationally and internationally.
Route:

  • Start at Administration Building steps Walk in a procession downhill, across
  • Colton Avenue to Hunsaker University Center (stop in front of Armacost Library)
  • Walk in a procession pass Deacon Statue to the Firepit (next to Orton Center) and stop.
  • Walk in procession passed Orton Center to the Memorial Chapel steps (stop)
  • Final stop is at the Quad in front of the Memorial Chapel

Wear: Maroon and Grey
Bring: A visual representation (e.g., poster) that illustrates what you are standing for in peace.

Contemplating the Life and Legacy of MLK, Jr. – Added Event
Thursday, January 18, 12:15 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Location: Meditation Room (Larsen 210)
Hosted by: Rev. Dr. Darrell J. Wesley
Description: Following Thursday’s Peace Walk, please Join us in the Meditation Room (Larsen 210) for a time of contemplative reflection on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with Rev. Dr. Darrell J. Wesley of Redlands First United Methodist Church.

King in the Wilderness
Thursday, January 18, 7 p.m.

Location: Bulldog Room, Hunsaker University Center, second floor
Hosted by: Ken Grcich, Dean of Students
Description: Join us for the interactive screening of "King In The Wilderness," a powerful documentary about the final 18 months of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life. 

OTHER ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO TO HONOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR'S LEGACY:

Volunteer

Look for opportunities to volunteer for MLK Day of Service.

Learn more at americorps.gov

Non-Violence Education Training

Check out the variety of resources and programs centered around Non-Violence education training at the King Center, founded by Coretta Scott King.

Learn more at thekingcenter.org

 

About the MLK Steering Committee

The MLK Steering Committee, which is to be comprised of students, staff, and faculty from across the university, will seek to accomplish the following goals:

  • Uplift Black and Brown voices
  • Work with the University to make MLK Jr. Day a permanent Holiday
  • Create opportunities of engaged learning and community service
  • Bring awareness to current instances of injustice and encourage the use of Dr. King’s teachings to progress towards justice
*Goals and statement reviewed annually by the committee.

For more information about the Steering Committee please reach out to Monique Stennis: monique_stennis@redlands.edu.