Past MLK Commemoration Speakers

Year		Theme
2024	Ruby Bridges & Dr. Billy Johnson	"Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers: The Ongoing Fight for Educational Justice"
2023	Martin Luther King III	“Sanctuary in the Storm”
2022	Majora Carter	“Reclaiming Your Community”
2021	Patrisse Cullors and Yamiche Alcindor	“The Work Ahead, The Work Within: Reflecting on King’s Dream”
2020	Angela Davis	“People Get Ready!”
2020	Nikki Giovanni	“Faith in the People”
2019	Commemoration of Community Speakers: Barbara Fair, Kerry Ellington, Aaron Jafferis, Mikveh Warshaw YSN ’17	“Think Globally, Act Locally”
2018	Bree Newsome	“Chaos or Community: Fifty Years Later, Where Do We Go from Here?”
2017	Diane Nash	“Courage, Conflict, and Creative Maladjustment: Speaking Truth to Power across Generations”
2016	Cornell Brooks	“The Work Continues: Making Black Dreams Matter”