33rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation

Beloved Community: Radical Empathy
January 20-23, 2025

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation

33rd Annual
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
Beloved Community: Radical Empathy
January 20-23, 2025

Each year, Saint Michael’s College honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his vision of Beloved Community through programming, activities, and music. Dr. King’s Beloved Community is a global vision, in which all people share in the wealth of the earth (The King Center). The theme of our 2025 convocation is Radical Empathy, inspired by Dr. Terri E. Givens’ work to bridge racial divides and explore how the structures that lead to segregation, inequality and injustice impact all of us.

Full Schedule of Events 2025 MLK Convocation Program

Featured Events

Sending Sisterhood: Building Benevolent Beloved Communities through the United States Postal Service

Tuesday, January 21 - 2:45 to 3:50 p.m.

Pamela N. Walker, PhD, Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont

Martin Luther King, Jr., Yesterday and Today: Walk Together Children, Don’t Ya Get Weary

Tuesday, January 21 - 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Rev. Dr. Shaun Whitehead, University Chaplain, Saint Lawrence University

Terri Givens, Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.

Annual Sutherland Lecture Series - Radical Empathy: Taking Action/Bridging Divides

Wednesday, January 22 - 4 p.m.

Terri Givens, Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia

MLK Convocation Event Schedule

Check out the full schedule of events from our three-day celebration

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Choeden Lama, center, the Assistant Director of the Center for Student Diversity, Empowerment, and Community, speaks to others at the inaugural Office of Purposeful Learning

Beloved Community

Saint Michael's College works to cultivate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s vision of a “beloved community” by setting expectations for our community.

Read the expectations

The Fierce Urgency of Now community mural, which was painted to reflect the theme of the 2024 Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation at Saint Michael's College. (Photo by Cat Cutillo)

Check our images from MLK Convocation 2024

Take a look at our photo gallery from all the events at the 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation in 2024.

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Learn more about our campus partners:

Division of Edmundite Mission | Center for Student Diversity, Empowerment, and Community | Diversity Coalition
Institute for Equity and Justice | Institute for Global Engagement | Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts