Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center) leads civil rights protestors in Selma, Alabama in 1965 with (left to right) Ralph Abernathy, James Forman, Rev. Jesse Douglas, and John Lewis.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
We encourage all members of UCSF to self-reflect on the legacy of liberation and social justice that Martin Luther King Jr. and activists leading the civil rights movement were committed to in the face of oppression. Please consider engaging in local community events below in their honor.
UCSF MLK Day 2024 Virtual Backgrounds
• January 15th - 31st, All day, every day!
Download any of these virtual backgrounds and add them to your Zoom.
Community Events
MoAD's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service
• Monday, January 15th, 11:00am - 5:00pm
Free; reservations recommended.
Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission St., S.F., 415-318-7152
moadsf.org
MLK2024 March (San Francisco)
• Monday, January 15th, 9:30am - 12:00pm
Free; registration recommended for groups of 10 or more.
S.F. Caltrain Station, Fourth and Townsend Streets, S.F.
norcalmlkfoundation.org.
The Watershed Project: MLK Day of Service on the Richmond Greenway
• Monday, January 15th, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Free; registration required.
Pullman Portal, Richmond Greenway, Richmond, 707-726-2829
thewatershedproject.org
Organizations:
- The King Center: Center for Non Violent Change
- The National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
- Rafiki Coalition
- TGI Justice Project
- Roots Clinic
Resources:
- Recording: Black Voices and Leadership Community Panel (UCSF's Multicultural Resource Center's Virtual MLK Day 2021)
- Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Op-Ed: King was a Critical Race Theorist before there was a name for it (Kimberlé Crenshaw, Los Angeles Times, 2022)
- Baynard Rustin: The Man Behind the March of Washington (2021)
