MLK Events
Keynote: A Conversation with Stacey Abrams
Jan. 22, 2025, 7:30 PM, Grand Ballroom, Hanover Inn
This year, to celebrate, renowned activist and leader Stacey Abrams will share her insights on navigating uncertainty across our country and driving change in divisive times. In drawing inspiration from Dr. King’s legacy, she will also help us understand how we can carry forward his vision of a world where dignity, equality, and hope prevail.
In-Person Keynote Registration
Live Webinar Keynote Registration*
*Live web is only available to the Dartmouth community and alumni.
Sponsors:
- Office of the President
- Office of the Provost
- Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy
- The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
- Tuck School of Business
- Dartmouth Cancer Center
- Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life
- African and African American Studies
Tue, Jan. 7, 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. Eastern Time
Join us for a virtual author talk with Maya Wiley ’86 discussing her new memoir Remember, You Are A Wiley with Cheryl Bascomb ’82.
This event will be performed Jan. 10 at 7:30 PM and on Jan. 11 at 2pm and 7:30pm
Written and performed by internationally acclaimed artist and playwright Inua Ellams.
Friday, January 17, 2025 12-1:30 p.m.
Location: DHMC Auditorium E&F
Our featured keynote speaker this year will be Gerald Onuoha, MD, MS '15. While Onuoha faced a future seemingly constrained by his circumstances, his story is not one of defeat but of transformation and triumph.
January 17 and 18, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
This provocative and personal work by choreographer/performer Trebien Pollard challenges us to see the symbols and regulations imposed on the body, pulling us into an uncertain vortex of Blackness.
Mon, Jan. 20, 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. Eastern Time
All faculty and staff are invited to join us for breakfast and celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.
Location: Class of 1953 Commons North Dining Hall
Jan 21, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Opportunities to learn about and connect with organizations on campus and in the Upper Valley to further your scope in the realm of service and community engagement.
Wed, Jan. 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Stacey Abrams, hosted by the Division for Institutional Diversity and Equity (IDE).
Location: Hanover Inn, Grand Ballroom
Thu, Jan. 23, 5-6 p.m. Eastern Time
Join us for our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Mulitfaith Celebration to honor the legacy of Rev. King.
Location: Rollins Chapel
Wed, Jan. 29 5-6 p.m. Eastern Time
Join us for a focused conversation on equality in higher education with Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack, Inaugural Faculty Director of the Boston University Newbury Center.
Location: Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
Conclave, Small Things Like These and more will be shown at the HOP during the MLK celebration.