Join us for #ValpoMLK2024
Kick-Off Week
JANUARY 10
A Collaborative Art Project: “Our Emerging Dream”
Join Valpo alumna Kayla Smith ’23 in creating a large-scale collage portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. Participate in a collaborative art project executed over the course of eight weeks, which will be exhibited alongside works from the Brauer Museum of Art’s remarkable collection of American art.
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Brauer Museum of Art
JANUARY 11
Movie Night: Remember the Titans
Join us for the movie Remember the Titans, a powerful portrayal of the early days of school integration. This true story explores the challenges of racism and the friendships that emerge as prejudice is overcome.
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Loke Hall
JANUARY 12
Donors Luncheon
Join us to hear inspiring words from Haki R. Madhubuti, MFA, a poet, author, publisher, and educator highly regarded in the Black Arts Movement and founder and publisher of Chicago’s Third World Press.
Location: Harre Union, Ballroom A
Time: Noon
JANUARY 14
MLK Sunday Worship
Come worship and commemorate Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Hear a message from guest preacher Rev. John E. Jackson Sr. of Trinity United Church of Christ in Gary, Indiana. Praise music will be led by Shantée Lewis ’22 and the Valparaiso University Gospel Choir, with liturgy drawn from the African-American Lutheran Hymnal “This Far by Faith.”
Location: Chapel of the Resurrection
Time: 10 a.m.