Please check this page for updates and inclement weather-related changes.
| Sunday, January 15 |
5:00 p.m. |
27th Annual Martin Luther King Community Celebration |
| Monday, January 16 |
All Day |
MLK Day of Service |
| Monday, January 16 |
11:00 a.m. |
Speaker: Douglas A. Blackmon |
| Monday, January 16 |
(assigned to participants) |
Shadow a Health Professional Day |
| Monday, January 16 |
12:30-1:30 p.m. |
Health System Panel Discussion |
| Monday, January 16 |
4:00-6:00 p.m. |
Speakers: Judy Martin-Holland and M. Norman Oliver |
| Monday, January 16 |
4:00 p.m. |
Speaker: Marsha Coleman-Adebayo |
| Monday, January 16 |
5:30-8:30 p.m. |
Principles of Nonviolence Gathering |
| Tuesday, January 17 |
8:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. |
Teaching Resource Center January Workshop |
| Wednesday, January 18 |
Ongoing |
"I Have a Dream" Free Speech Wall |
| Friday January 20-February 29 |
Ongoing |
Special Collections Exhibit: "Working Without Wages: Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia, 1819-1865" |
| Friday, January 20 |
8:00 p.m. |
Play: A Song for Coretta |
Saturday, January 21
*Rescheduled |
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*Due to inclement weather, the Speech Contest for Local High School Students has been rescheduled to the evening of Tuesday, January 24 |
| Saturday, January 21 |
7:30 p.m. |
Concert: Larnell Starkey & the Spiritual Seven |
| Sunday, January 22 |
6:00-7:30 p.m. |
Film Screening and Round-table Discussion: "Stand Up" |
| Monday, January 23 |
1:00 p.m. |
JMRL/NAACP Library Internship Announcement |
| Monday, January 23 |
2:00-4:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: "Re-Imagining the Public Realm: The Design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture" |
| Monday, January 23 |
5:30 p.m. |
Lecture: Phillip Freelon, Principal Designer of National Museum of African American History & Culture |
| Monday, January 23 |
6:00 p.m. |
Speaker: Sarita Brown, President of Excelencia in Education |
| Monday, January 23 |
6:00-7:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion:
"Trailblazers for Equal Rights: Virginia Educators Who Made a Difference" |
| Tuesday, January 24 |
1:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: "The Future of Diversity: A Conversation on Education, Business, and Difference" |
| Tuesday, January 24 |
3:30-5:50 p.m. |
College Dream Sessions |
| Tuesday, January 24 |
4:00 p.m. |
"I Have a Dream" Free Speech Wall Reception |
| Tuesday, January 24 |
6:00 p.m. |
Keynote Event featuring Harry Belafonte and Julian Bond |
| Tuesday, January 24 |
5:15 p.m. |
Speech Contest for Local High School Students |
| Wednesday, January 25 |
12:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion & Luncheon: "The Enduring Legacy of Henry Martin: African American Life in Charlottesville & the U.Va. Community" |
| Wednesday, January 25 |
3:30-5:50 p.m. |
College Dream Sessions |
| Wednesday, January 25 |
5:30 p.m. |
Rotunda Event to Honor Henry Martin |
| Wednesday, January 25 |
6:00-8:00 p.m. |
Speaker: L'Heureux Lewis |
| Thursday, January 26 |
6:00-7:00 p.m. |
Speaker: Claudia L. Gordon, Esq. |
| Thursday, January 26 |
6:00-7:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: "What We Can Learn about the Law from the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." |
| Thursday, January 26 |
7:00 p.m. |
Film Screening: Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin |
| Friday, January 27 |
9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Conference: "Africa: Open for Business" |
| Friday, January 27 |
TBA |
Essay Contest for Buford Middle School Students |
| Friday, January 27 |
7:00 p.m. |
Concert: Black Voices 40th Anniversary |
| Sunday, January 29 |
2:00 p.m. |
Interfaith Worship Service |
| Sunday, January 29 |
4:00 p.m. |
Film Screening: Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness |
| Tuesday, January 31 |
5:30-7:30 p.m. |
Speakers: Michael Cody and Julian Bond |
