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Trinity University's 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Trinity University’s Office of Student Inclusion and Belonging (SIB) in collaboration with the San Antonio MLK Jr. Commission, welcomes Aaronetta Hamilton Pierce, an African-American arts advocate and civic leader, as the speaker for the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m., in Trinity’s Stieren Theater. Pierce will deliver the lecture, “Martin Luther King Jr. and My Steps Toward His Dream,” in which she will revisit King's story, its impact on her life and work, and the origins of San Antonio’s nationally recognized celebration of Dr. King. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Civic leader and advocate of for Blacks, among her accolades are inductions into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame and the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.