Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Each year, Goshen College honors the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by holding an all-school study day, emphasizing the values and ideals that characterized King’s work.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Schedule – Monday, January 20, 2025
- 10 a.m. – Noon – Student-led Convocation: “Justice and Liberation,” Church-Chapel and Rec-Fitness Center (livestream)
- LEARN: Hear from students in the Black Student Union (BSU), Advocates (LGBTQIA+ inclusion), One Circle (Indigenous advocacy), Muslim Student Association (MSA), APIDA Student Union (celebrating Asian international and Asian American cultures) and Campus Ministry Team
- CELEBRATE: Join the Queen Singers in song
- ENGAGE: Participate in a short collective march to the Rec-Fitness Center for engagement stations, snacks, drinks, raffles and prizes
Read about when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Goshen College on March 10, 1960
At the time, King was leading the struggle for racial equality throughout the South.
Archive: Past MLK Jr. Study Days
2024 – Speaker: Cyneatha Millsaps, Executive Director, Center for Community Engagement of Goshen College
2023 – Speaker: Dr. Darryl Heller
2022 – Speaker: Dr. Vilna Bashi Treitler
2021 – Speaker: President Rebecca Stoltzfus and “Senior Administrators Speak: Equity & Justice in Action at Goshen College”
2020 – Speaker: Regina Shands Stoltzfus
2019 – Guests: Tiana Clark and Dr. LaKendra Hardware
2018 – Guest: Leonard Dow
2017 – Guest: Sarah Thompson
2016 – Guests: Sofia Samatar and Drew Hart
2015 – Guests: Ewuare Osayande and Rev. Kanyere Eaton
2014 – Guests: Anthony Brown and Rebecca Kubacki
2013 – Guests: Dr. Wilbert Smith and Dana Johnson
2012 – Guest speaker: Vincent Harding
2011 – Guests: African-American religious historian Dr. Quinton Dixie and Latino fiction writer Manuel Luis Martinez
2010 – Guests: baritone Anthony Brown, Latina poet Brenda Cárdenas and the Indianapolis youth-led group Latino Youth Collective
2009 – Guests: director of the Indiana University-South Bend Heritage Center Monica Tetzlaff and Triple G Mime Group
2008 – AfriCaribe and African-American theologian Dwight N. Hopkins