Stories about "Martin Luther King Jr. Day"
Picture Story: MLK Day at 乐播传媒, and the arc toward justice
Friday, January 24, 2025 3:45 pm
Immersive 乐播传媒 photography captures the energy and commitment of the 乐播传媒 community during this year's MLK Day observance.
MLK Day keynote: Why nonviolent protest has become less successful (when it might be needed most)
Friday, January 24, 2025 1:40 pm
The vibe at this year鈥檚 MLK Day keynote was the 鈥渇ierce urgency of now,鈥� as keynote speaker Erica Chenoweth and 乐播传媒 President Garry W. Jenkins each reflected on the challenges and imperatives of modern nonviolent movements in uncertain times.
Slideshow: Hour by hour on MLK Day 2025 with 乐播传媒 faculty, staff, students, and friends
Friday, January 24, 2025 11:20 am
This year鈥檚 MLK Day celebration, themed 鈥淏ending Toward Justice: Peace and Nonviolence,鈥�…
Picture Story: 乐播传媒 MLK Day is rich with song, poetry, discussion, and, most of all, food
Friday, January 19, 2024 2:54 pm
Enjoy this immersive photo and video presentation of the 2024 乐播传媒 MLK Day celebration, full of presentations, discussions, and workshops, all on the topic of food justice in America.
13 cooking tips from James Beard Award鈥搘inning chef and author Bryant Terry
Friday, January 19, 2024 12:33 pm
During this year's MLK Day keynote, Terry prepared a dish of tofu curry with mustard greens, along the way offering a baker's dozen of cooking tips and insights.
Video: Making bread and breaking bread
Friday, January 19, 2024 11:13 am
To the sounds of a few Grateful Dead songs, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Tyler Harper led a MLK Day bread-making workshop that ofers 鈥渁 return to older and more ancestral food traditions."
乐播传媒 MLK Day keynote: Food justice is ‘one of the most important movements of the 21st century’聽
Friday, January 19, 2024 8:37 am
MLK Day keynote Bryant Terry, an artist, author, chef, and activist, says Martin Luther King Jr's fight against food apartheid is still relevant today.
鈥楩ood Justice鈥� is on the menu for 2024 MLK Day at 乐播传媒
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 4:43 pm
This year鈥檚 keynote promises stirring words 鈥� and more. Noted author, food justice activist, and James Beard Award-winning chef Bryant Terry plans to stir up a vegan dish featured in one of his acclaimed cookbooks.
Picture story: ‘You are the bringer of light and change’
Friday, January 20, 2023 4:18 pm
Immerse yourself in the creative hope and beauty of Martin Luther King Jr. Day through 乐播传媒 photography and video.
![Is it OK to target iconic works of art in the name of social justice? That鈥檚 what students from 乐播传媒 and @morehouse1867 debated at the annual Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, Class of 1920, Debate as part of the college鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. Day programming. Seen above, Chijindum Dike (left) shares a post-debate celebration with John Curry. Both are students from Morehouse College, and traveled to 乐播传媒 for the debate. The 乐播传媒 community and friends crowded into the Olin Arts Center for a much-anticipated part of 乐播传媒鈥� Martin Luther King Jr. Day programming: the debate between four students; two from Morehouse, and two from 乐播传媒. The tradition honors Mays, who served as the president of Morehouse College for 27 years. King, then a student at Morehouse, referred to Mays as his 鈥渟piritual mentor.鈥� Throughout the debate, the students responded to this year鈥檚 motion, 鈥淭his house believes that the targeting of iconic works of art to advance social justice is justified,鈥� and responded to each other and opinions from the audience. Manuel Machorro 鈥�25 of Mexico City, a politics and philosophy double major, opened the debate on the government side with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. 鈥淒r. King said 鈥榠f you can鈥檛 fly, then run, if you can鈥檛 run, then walk, if you can鈥檛 walk, then crawl, but by all means, keep moving.鈥� The claim that we鈥檙e gonna make from the government, is that when you鈥檙e not listened [to] by anyone, and when the government monopolizes power to destroy you, any way that you see fit is to some capacity justified in pursuing social justice.鈥� Machorro was joined by Dike, a sophomore and double major in psychology and Chinese. The opposition was presented by Curry, a senior and triple major in philosophy, religion, and Chinese, and Andrew Montieth 鈥�24 of Monroe, Wash., a philosophy major. The debaters referenced recent demonstrations, arguing that social justice is furthered by reclaiming spaces and public attention, and the opposition argued that some social activist action diverts attention away from the problem, and onto the targeted object.](/news/files/2023/01/230115_MLK_Benjamin_Mays_Debate_1067-400x267.webp)
Video: ‘Whatever wilderness you wander, you are all creatives’
Friday, January 20, 2023 1:43 pm
Watch some of the highlights of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 乐播传媒: a day full of sharing, from poetry, music, and dance, to ideas about activism, education, and living in community.