The Annual Celebration of the Lives and Legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
Join us for The Annual Celebration of the Lives and Legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
Hosted by the Boston University Dean of Students office and the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. This event is done in partnership with the New England Conservatory and the City of Boston.
This virtual event will take place on Monday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. The event will run approx. 90 minutes. Attendees can watch the live stream below, starting at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17. The program is also available to watch live on Boston City TV (Comcast 24, RCN 13, Verizon Fios 962) or Boston.gov.
Program
Music Selection
New England Conservatory
Opening
Jean-Luc Pierite, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana,
President of the Board of The North American Indian Center of Boston
Program Introduction
Katherine Kennedy
Director, Howard Thurman Center for
Common Ground
Reading
Brianna Bourne
Boston University Arts & Sciences ‘24
Boston Latin Academy ‘20
Greetings and Remarks and
Introduction of Mayor Wu
Dr. Robert A. Brown, President
Boston University
Remarks
The Honorable Michelle Wu
Mayor of the City of Boston
Greetings and Remarks
Andrea Kalyn, President
New England Conservatory
Music Selection
New England Conservatory
Introduction of the Featured Conversation
Kelsey Russell
Boston University Arts & Sciences ‘22
Featured Conversation
Dr. Saida Grundy
Assistant Professor of Sociology, African American Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies at Boston University
Tanisha Sullivan, Esq.
President of the NAACP Boston Branch
Music Selection
New England Conservatory
Greetings and Remarks
Jean Morrison, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Boston University
Closing
Andrea Taylor
Senior Diversity Officer
Boston University
Music Selection
Boston University Inner Strength Gospel Choir
Overview
Monday, January 17, 2022, 2:00pm
Virtual
closed studio at:
Boston University
Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Virtual
This event will be broadcast via an online platform using a webinar format. Portions of the program will be pre-recorded. Live portions of the program will be delivered in a manner that follows public health guidance and individual location protocols.
Occasion
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?” during a critical time of leadership transition within the global societies and the American Black liberation struggle. In the book, Dr. King reaffirmed a certain vision for common ground. This year, we use the title of this 1967 book as our theme.
Featured Conversations
Saida Grundy is a feminist sociologist of race & ethnicity and Assistant Professor of Sociology, African-American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Boston University. Her research to date has focused upon formations and ideologies of gender and racialization within the Black middle class–specifically men. Her current book, Manhood Within the Margins: Promise, Peril and Paradox at the Historically Black College for Men, is forthcoming with University of California Press.
Tanisha Sullivan, Esq. is a Brockton-raised lawyer and former Boston Public Schools chief equity officer, and is the current President of the NAACP Boston Branch. Sullivan’s work as an attorney has included involvement in the Economic Justice Project and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, where she helped entrepreneurs with issues related to forming and growing businesses.
Speakers
Robert A. Brown, President Boston University
Brianna Bourne, Boston University Arts & Sciences ’22, Boston Latin Academy ‘20
Saida Grundy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, African American Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies at Boston University
Andrea Kalyn, President, New England Conservatory
Katherine Kennedy, Director, Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
Jean Morrison, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Boston University
Jean-Luc Pierite, Tuncia-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana,
President of the Board of The North American Indian Center of Boston
Kelsey Russell, Boston University Arts & Sciences ‘22
Tanisha Sullivan, President of the NAACP Boston Branch
Andrea Taylor, Senior Diversity Officer, Boston University
Michelle Wu, Mayor, City of Boston
Music
Performed by student ensembles and choirs from New England Conservatory and Boston University