The event focuses on widening charitable perspectives for addressing hunger to include approaches that recognize the root causes of food insecurity. It explores engaging holistic, person-centered approaches to increase the collaborative and collective impact of community efforts. It is co-organized by Actions in Faith & Justice and The Reach Church.
"The Kruizenga Art Museum will be featuring the exhibition “Deep Roots, New Shoots: Modern and Contemporary Art from the KAM Collection,” showing 40 African artworks created between the 1960s and the early 2020s, from Friday, Jan. 12, through Saturday, May 18. The Kruizenga Art Museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and there will also be a reception at the museum on Thursday, Jan. 18, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. " Press Release by Greg Olgers
This year’s National Day of Racial Healing at Hope College will feature “Black Man,” a documentary film produced by a Muskegon, Michigan native about Black men in Muskegon County, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
“Black Man” is a raw, honest, riveting, kaleidoscopic view of 32 Black men in a small community in Muskegon sharing their thoughts on life, love, longings, losses and their place in America. The men range in age from 21 to 91. A panel discussion will follow the screening, and will include Covington and a few of the men featured in the film. – Press Release by Greg Olgers
The annual Crispus Attucks MLK Breakfast is a time for the community to come together, to foster relationships, to dialogue around the life and legacy of Dr. King, and to confront issues of inequity and injustice. As we began discussing our 2024 event, the MLK Breakfast Committee was especially interested in ensuring that this year’s breakfast would address democracy, civic engagement, and voting rights to ignite the importance of participation and community commitment in what is expected to be a highly-charged election year.
On Monday, Jan. 15, to celebrate the 36th annual MLK Breakfast, we will welcome Bakari Sellers to Lancaster for “Activating the Promise of Democracy.”
Mr. Sellers is a two-time NY Times best-selling author, civil rights activist, attorney, entrepreneur, legislator, and overall prolific voice of the culture. While his father, civil rights leader Cleveland Sellers, helped shape movements working alongside Stokely Carmichael, Bayard Rustin, and Malcolm X, Bakari has come into his own helping to write the blueprint for today's movements with the likes of Rep. James Clyburn, Attorney Benjamin Crump, and President Barack Obama. Mr. Sellers entered Morehouse College at the age of 16, and he went on to graduate from the University of South Carolina Law School and became the youngest-ever legislator in the South Carolina state legislature at 22. He has written two books: My Vanishing Country, a memoir, and Who Are Your People?, a children’s book. Sellers is attorney with Strom Law Firm, LLC in Columbia, South Carolina, where he heads the firm's Strategic Communication and Public Affairs team and the DEI Consulting practice. He also hosts The Bakari Sellers Podcast and is a CNN analyst.
Activating the Promise of Democracy speaks to Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, in which he declared “Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy.” In a country that often cites democracy as its most important founding principle, engagement of all people in community, civics, and voting can make a true difference both for today and for generations to come. This event will ignite a full year of conversations to ensure Lancaster Countians work together to activate the promise of democracy that Dr. King championed.
To remember the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and continue the much-needed conversations around Faith and Justice, Campbell AME Church of Media, PA and the Campbell Community Center will be hosting its first virtual service. Immediately following the service, we will share about the monthly opportunities to continue in this work towards Racial Reconciliation we have been fortunate to receive funding to implement. Campbell AME Church of Media, PA was founded in 1827 and is the oldest Black church in Delaware County, PA.
In observance of the 2024 National Day of Racial Healing the Hope College Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center will host a Racial Healing Circle on Tuesday, January 16th that will bring together members of the local community to engage in the sharing of stories, relationship building, and continue to work toward narrative change in our community.
What is a Racial Healing Circle? The Rx Racial Healing® Circle methodology emphasizes active listening, being open to the perspectives and experiences of others, and helps to provide a foundation for “building a national organizational network and activating local action to promote racial healing and racial equity.” (www.aacu.org/event/2022-institute-on-truth-racial-healing-transformation-trht-campus-centers)
The circle structure incorporates multiple segments, including a circle opening and closing, an introductory segment, group agreements, re-introductory prompt(s), and deep reflection prompt(s). Participants are encouraged to share their authentic stories in dyads as well as in small- and large-group settings.
Please indicate your interest on the form and you will receive a response as to whether space is still available to participate. If space is available, you will receive confirmation for the Racial Healing Circle.
Due to the nature of a Racial Healing Circle, we ask that participants be present for the whole event. 🙂
11:00am – 11:30am Gathering time (light refreshments)
11:30am – 1:00pm Circle Time (circle will begin promptly at 11:30)
"This year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Lecture at Hope College will include national as well as local perspective. Hope Professor Emeritus John Yelding, a specialist in diversity in education who continues to be active at the college as a teacher and mentor, will present “Reflections on MLK, Civil Rights, and DEI at Hope College” on Monday, Jan. 15, at 2 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The lecture will examine King’s legacy in his efforts to attain dignity for all people, provide a brief overview of civil rights movements in the history of the United States, and take the audience on a historical tour of the work and achievements of Hope’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion in honor of the 40th anniversary of its creation. A reception will follow from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the college’s van Andel Huys der Hope. The presentation is one of multiple events taking place during Civil Rights Celebration Week at Hope, and is also launching a year-long commemoration of CDI’s anniversary that will include several events across the spring and fall semesters in 2024." Press Release by Greg Olgers
"The second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Summit, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Haworth Hotel. Offering two sets of three breakout sessions, the summit will feature the theme “History in the Making: Behind the Dream,” with an emphasis on celebrating the history of advocacy and justice to empower future leaders and dreamers. The first three sessions will begin at 9:30 a.m., and will be “One Dream, Many Voices,” by the college’s Black Student Union; “Building the Beloved Community,” by the Latino Student Organization; and “The Need for Inmate Education,” by the Hope-Western Prison Education Program operated jointly by the college and Western Theological Seminary. The second set of sessions will begin at 12:45 p.m., and will feature “Community and Connection through the Lens of Dr. King,” by Anna Bonnema, assistant professor of mentoring instruction; "What Are You Doing for Others?" by Dr. Brooke Odle, assistant professor of engineering; and "History in the Making: Behind the Dream," by Dr. Pablo Peschiera, associate professor of English. The summit has been organized by Hope students with mentoring by the college’s Campus Ministries Office. The registration form has additional information about the breakout sessions and is available online." – Press Release by Greg Olgers
The Duke Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation will bring together partners from Duke, Durham, and Danville, VA for a day-long Racial Healing and Coalition Visioning Lab. We will facilitate racial healing and relationship building, share community challenges and successes, identify areas of synergy and opportunity, and guided by the TRHT Framework, determine next steps and action items towards building an inter-generational Duke-Durham-Danville racial healing coalition.
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