Martin Luther King Day 2023 will be celebrated on Monday, January 16th. Martin Luther King Day, also known as MLK Day or King Day, was celebrated by Reverend Martin Luther King on the third Monday of January, which is closest to King’s actual birthday on January 15th. will be split. Featured in his Friday, January 13 edition of PRIDE, including Monday’s convocation by keynote speaker Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. Heading into the weekend, there’s an event you should know about now.
Since 1989, the Nashville MLK Day march and convocation has been organized by Intersectarian Ministerial Fellowships. This year’s theme is Defending the Dream: Standing Against Raids. For more information, please visit https://mlkdaynashville.com/.
A free MLK intergenerational panel will be held on Tuesday, January 10, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at First Baptist Church Capitol Hill.Moderated by Beverly Watts, panelists Andrian Gott (Davidson Academy & Mayor’s Youth Council), Giovante Mahone (NAACP Youth & College, Tennessee), Reverend Aaron Marble (Jefferson Street Baptist Church Pastoral Event) joined Martin Luther Dr. King Jr.’s Dream
The inaugural MLK Day Black Tie Gala will benefit the IMF Education Fund on Thursday, January 12, at 6:00 pm at the Cal Turner Center in Meharry. This fund is intended to directly assist students with the financial burden associated with higher education. Seeing an increase in the number of students enrolled in HBCUs, the IMF deliberately helps students have the opportunity to pursue a degree by offering scholarships to students attending her HBCUs locally. Tickets are $150.
A complimentary Labor and Human Rights breakfast will be served at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, February 13, at Lasky Hall on the Scarlitt Bennett Center Campus.
On Monday, January 9, tickets (“Pay-What-You-Can”) will be available for the 29th annual Let Freedom Sing concert. The Nashville Symphony, Celebration Chorus, and Celebration Youth Chorus, along with special guests, will perform an inspiring selection of classical works, songs, traditions, and more. Monday, January 16th at 7pm at the Schermerhorn Symphony Centre. Get tickets at: https://www.nashvillesymphony.org/
The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“The King Center”) in Atlanta welcomes professor, behavioral scientist and author Dr. Pragya Agarwal as guest presenter, “Unconscious Bias: Understanding, Unpack, eradicate. Participants will learn his six steps of Kingian Nonviolence. The nonviolence365 live interactive workshop is free, but pre-registration is required. A link to Zoom will be sent to him 24 hours before the session start time. Pre-register now: https://thekingcenter.org/
Session 1, “Understanding and Unpacking” is on Monday, January 9th from 6:30-8:00 PM EST / 5:30-7:00 CST. Participants explore their own unconscious biases and how they create barriers to a beloved community. What leads to these prejudices and how to challenge them. Session 2, “Unpacking & Uprooting” is Tuesday, January 10th from 6:30-8:00 PM EST / 5:30-7:00 CST. Participants will learn how to recognize biases within the system and develop creative strategies for change.