MLK Celebration Week 2020: The Black Women in Our Lives

 

 

FSU's 37th Annual MLK Week: January 14-24, 2025

Florida State University's MLK Week has celebrated the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for more than three decades. The week of events across campus aligns with Dr. King's birthday on Jan. 15 and the federal holiday observed on the third Monday of the month. In addition to the week's speakers, performances, dialogues and other events, FSU honors Dr. King's legacy with the presentation of the MLK Distinguished Service Award for faculty and staff and the MLK Book Stipend for current students. The goal of the week is to bring the FSU and Tallahassee communities together to reflect on the past and support one another to engage in creating social justice and advocating for the civil rights of all.

The Framework Behind the Movement

The goal of the week is to bring the FSU and Tallahassee communities together to reflect on the past and support one another to engage in creating social justice and advocating for the civil rights of all. The celebration highlights Dr. King’s framework for social justice through the Six Principles of Nonviolence. Created by Dr. King, these principles were institutionalized and strengthened by Coretta Scott King’s continued social justice advocacy and the monumental development of the King Center. We encourage you to reflect on each of these Six Principles of Nonviolence as we move through the week and think about how we as a community can do the work of equity for equality.

Six Principles of Nonviolence

  1. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
  2. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
  3. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
  4. Nonviolence holds that suffering for a cause can educate and transform people and societies.
  5. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
  6. Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.

 

Tuesday, January 14: United We Influence

  MLK Awards and the Golden Torch Lecture Series

TBA  |  Ruby Diamond Theater | Free to the public

This event focuses on the First Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.

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Monday, January 20: United We Serve

  Day of Service with Engage TLH

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Join us for a day of community service throughout the Tallahassee area in honor of Dr. King's legacy and commitment to serving our communities. Volunteers will be able to sign up for engagement opportunities via the Engage TLH portal and meals will be provided by the Office of Student Agencies and Institutes. Sign up here https://apps.its.fsu.edu/EngageTLH/listings/.

 This event focuses on the Fifth Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence uses love instead of hate.

 

Wednesday, January 22: United We Advocate

   Film Screening and Discussion

Time  |  Askew Student Life Cinema

This event focuses on the Third Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.

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Friday, January 24: United We Celebrate

   Block Party

 Time | Union Green

This event focuses on the Second Principle of Nonviolence: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.

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