2023 MLK HERO BANNER

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.