"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 consider engaging in the following community hosted events and resources to build and expand your awareness, knowledge, and practice in sustaining the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and all those that worked in solidarity with each other to pave the path of equity and justice.
UCSF MLK Day 2023 Virtual Backgrounds
• January 13th - 31st, All day, every day!
Download any of these virtual backgrounds and add them to your Zoom.
Community Events
The King Center 2023 Beloved Community Global Summit
• Virtual, Thursday, January 12th - 13th, Times vary on both days
Free. Register here
Freedom, Justice, and Beloved Community: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King
• In- Person, Friday, January 13th, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Co-Sponsored by San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
Free. Register here.
Let Freedom Ring: A Martin Luther King Day Celebration
• In-Person, Saturday, January 14th, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Hosted by Hercules Library.
Free. Register here.
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) for MLK Day
• In-Person, Monday, January 16th, 11:00am - 5:00pm
Free. Register here.
MLK 2023 Music Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens
• In-person, Monday, January 16th, 12:00pm - 3:30pm
Free. Register here.
MLK Film Festival: Martin's Big Words (A Film for Children)
In-person, Monday, January 16th, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Hosted by: African American Museum and Library at Oakland.
Free. Register here.
16th Annual MLK Day: On The Richmond Greenway
• In-person, Monday, January 16th, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Free. Register here.
Virtual Book Talk - The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. by Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin
• Virtual, Tuesday, January 31st, 7:00pm
Hosted by Morehouse College.
Free. View here
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)
