Program Information from MIT: We gather each February as a community to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program honors Dr. King’s dual emphasis on global and local issues, including remarks by MIT President Rafael Reif, a brief address by a graduate and an undergraduate student, and announcement of the 2019 MLK Leadership Award recipients. The 2019 keynote speaker will be Rahsaan Hall, Director of the Racial Justice Program for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts.

Keynote by Rahsaan Hall, Director of the Racial Justice Program for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts

Hosted by L. Rafael Reif, MIT President

Registration: Please submit your registration by February 6, 2019 at 11:59PM EST. Seats cannot be guaranteed for any registration that is not submitted by this date, as space is limited. Some on-site registration may be offered at the time of the event on a space-available basis, pending cancellations.

Check-in begins at 10:30AM on February 14 in the Beaver Room, located at the back entrance of the Walker Memorial Building (Building 50). The program will start promptly at 11:00AM.

Join the UMass Boston Office of Community Partnerships and UMass Boston Community Relations on February 7 at 9:30 a.m. in the Alumni Lounge for a dialogue with UMass Boston faculty and organizational leaders across Boston who are focused on working with communities on equity issues:

• Lorna Rivera, Associate Professor in UMass Boston Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Director of the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, UMass Boston
• Cedric Woods, Director of the Institute of New England Native American Studies, UMass Boston
• Shirley Tang, Associate Professor in the UMass Boston Asian American Studies Program, UMass Boston
• Celina Barrios-Millner, City of Boston
• Leverett Wing, Commonwealth Seminar
• Rahsaan Hall, American Civil Liberties Union

The discussion will be facilitated by special guest, Meghan Irons, The Boston Globe Reporter.

The fireside chat will be an opportunity to deepen the dialogue about community based partnerships, the role of the university in the greater community, and how we can engage in building a more equitable Boston with integral partners. 

This event is open to all – UMass Boston and community members.

For disability-related accommodations, including dietary accommodations, please visit www.ada.umb.edu two weeks prior to the event.