MLK Week at Creighton

Creighton University will celebrate and discuss the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during its annual MLK Week, with a series of events Jan. 15-17 in advance of the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday, Jan. 20.

This year's theme is inspired by King's 1967 and final book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Schedule of Events

MLK Unity Prayer Breakfast

This breakfast provides an opportunity to unite the community in the spirit of inclusion and fellowship in honor of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

During the breakfast, the annual Drum Major Award will be presented to Doris Lassiter, president and CEO of Doris Lassiter Consulting, director of the Nebraska Center for Healthy Families Project, and former First Lady of Mount Moriah Baptist Church. Lassiter established the first Omaha Healthy Start Infant Mortality Reduction Program and Fatherhood Program in Nebraska. The event will conclude with guest speaker the Rev. James Hawthrone III, director of TRIO Veterans Upward Bound at Metropolitan Community College and assistant pastor at Zion Baptist Church in Omaha. Hawthrone is also a former combat medic in the United States Army.

January 15, 2025, 8-9:30 a.m.
Mike and Josie Harper Center, Ahmanson Ballroom (4th floor)

• View the Unity Prayer Breakfast Program
   

MLK Panel Event

This event will feature historians and civil rights experts, including Kendra Fershée, JD, professor in the School of Law; Jocquelin Jones, DNP, assistant professor in the College of Nursing; and Laura Roost, PhD, resident assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, all from Creighton University; and Franklin Thompson, EdD, former Omaha City Council member and director of the City of Omaha Human Rights and Relations.

January 16, 2025, 3-4 p.m.
Mike and Josie Harper Center, Hixson-Lied Auditorium (2nd floor)

• View the Panel Event Program
• Register for the Panel Event
• Watch the Panel Event Live
                

The Black Law Student Association Guest Lecture Forum

Angela Onwuachi-Willig, JD, PhD, dean of Boston University School of Law, will present a lecture, “Reclaiming the Dream,” and discuss how community, students and educators alike can use Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision in 2025 America, over 60 years later.

January 17, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Creighton School of Law, Room 124

• Theme: “Chaos or Community” 
• Speaker: Angela Onwuachi-Willig, JD, PhD, Dean of Boston University School of Law
  Dr. Onwuachi-Willig will lead a discussion on how we as a nation, in 2025, can choose between nonviolent coexistence, as espoused by Dr. Martin Luther King over 60 years ago, or violent coannihilation.
• Register for the Black Law Student Association Guest Lecture Forum
• Watch the Lecture Live
   

Sound Healing: A ‘Belong’ and National Day of Racial Healing Experience

January 21, 2025

• 3-4 p.m. faculty/staff session, followed by reception at 4 p.m.
  Lied Education Center for the Arts: Mainstage
  Register by Jan. 10
• 5:30-6:30 p.m. student session: sound healing experience
  Register today
• Facilitated by Andrea Joy Pearson