MLK Convocations
Otterbein University honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each year at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation which features a keynote speaker. Otterbein University promotes individual self-awareness and responsibility to and for the greater society. It encourages faculty, staff, and students to educate themselves and demonstrate humane values, much like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Award for Peace and Justice established in his honor is presented annually at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation to members of the Otterbein community who demonstrate the ideals he represented.
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2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation
Gayle Fisher Stewart Rev.
Our speaker this year is Reverend Gayle Fisher-Stewart, a former police officer of 20 years, currently serving as associate rector of Calvary Episcopal Church where she founded the Center for the Study of Faith in Justice. She will be speaking on the topic of “Redefining Radical.” The convocation will be followed by a reception in the Fisher Gallery and a service event hosted by the Center for Community Engagement.
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2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
Otterbein University
Otterbein University honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each year at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation which features a keynote speaker. This year's speaker was Samuel Gresham, Jr. and also included several speeches & performances by Otterbein Students.
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2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation
Otterbein University
Otterbein University honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each year at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation which features a keynote speaker. This year's speakers included several speeches & performances by Otterbein Students.
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2016 MLK Convocation
Sarah L. Hickey
This is the program for the annual MLK Convocation at Otterbein University.
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MLK 2016: Waking Up White
Debby Irving
Debby Irving brings to racial justice the perspective of working as a community organizer and classroom teacher for 25 years without understanding racism as a systemic issue or her own whiteness as an obstacle to grappling with it.
As general manager of Boston’s Dance Umbrella and First Night, and later as a classroom teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she struggled to make sense of tensions she could feel but not explain in racially mixed settings.
