Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations

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Format: 2024-04-25
Format: 2024-04-25
Civil Rights Panel by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Center 2024 - 01/15/2024
From the organizers: Join ECHO in hosting our 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. Sponsored by the City of Burlington and hosted in collaboration with Clemmons Family Farm with additional programming by the Greater Burlington...
Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Ceremony 2024 - Mayor Ashton Hall & Ambassador Suzan Cook - 01/14/2024
From the organizers: Ashton Hall is a native of Talladega, Alabama. He is the son of Tosha Scott and Adrian Hall, and has three brothers and a sister. Educated in the Talladega City Schools and a 2019 graduate of Talladega High School, Ashton...
Civil Rights Panel by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Center - 01/16/2023
From the organizers: Join ECHO in hosting their 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration.  Panelists: Robert Appel, Former Director of the Vermont Human Rights CommissionKim Carson, City of Burlington, Director of Racial...
Nothing About Us Without Us - 01/16/2023
From the organizers: A Reclamation of Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy and Meaning. Join us for an evening of honoring the Legacy of Dr. King and exploring what his life and legacy means today in striving for a healthy and prosperous community.
Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Ceremony 2023 - Dr. Deborah Archer - 01/15/2023
From the organizers: Dr. Deborah Archer is the president of the ACLU, a tenured professor of clinical law and director of the Civil Rights Clinic at New York University School of Law, and co-faculty director of the Center on Race, Inequality, and...
Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Ceremony 2022 - Tim Wise - 01/16/2022
From the organizers: Keynote Speaker: Tim Wise returns to Burlington for another Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 25 years...
What Would Dr. King Say If He Was Alive Today? - Panel Discussion - 01/16/2022
From the organizers: Keynote Speaker: Tim Wise returns to Burlington for another Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 25 years...
Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Ceremony 2021 - 01/17/2021
Keynote Speaker: Tim Wise Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1,500 college and high school campuses, at hundreds...
Panel Discussion - Career Navigation and Higher Education Attainment for Young Professionals of Color - 01/20/2020
Young professionals share their experiences, challenges, and opinions of best practices for education and career success for their age group. Panelists present ways to improve pathways for youth and young professionals of color and the challenges...
Panel Discussion - What Will the Fight for Civil Rights Look Like in the 2020s? - 01/20/2020
National attention on civil rights peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. But the fight for equal protection and opportunity continues. Join a group of expert panelists as they weigh in on the future of civil rights in our community and nation. Facilitator...
Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Ceremony 2020 - 01/19/2020
This is an event created by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his effect in our country. This year's keynote speaker is Mayor Steven Reed, the First African American mayor...
Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance - 01/27/2019
This is an event created by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his effect in our country.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Press Conference - 01/14/2019
Press Conference to announce multiple planned events centered around MLK Day 2019.
Panel Discussion: Race, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System - 01/15/2018
This was an event created by The Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center to discuss the issues regarding race, and crime within our criminal justice system. The panel of speakers at this event were TJ Donovan, Attorney General, Karen...
Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance by Louis Gossett Jr. - 01/14/2018
This is an event created by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his effect on our country. This event also welcomes guests Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, Senator Bernie Sanders,...

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