CT organizations celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with lectures and performances
Andrea Valluzzo
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The New Haven Museum will offer storytelling and special dance performances as part of the Yale Peabody Museum’s 25th Annual “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice. New Haven Museum / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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A conversation with Layla F. Saad author of “Me and White Supremacy,” will be held on Jan. 17.Westport Country Playhouse / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace.” Martin Luther King Jr.
New Haven, Conn. – The Yale Peabody Museum’s
25th Annual MLK celebration presents a line-up of exciting, virtual events generously sponsored by Citizens™.
Alongside new and longstanding community partners, the Peabody is marking this anniversary with a focus on pressing issues of racial and environmental justice while also honoring the legacies of Dr. King and the visionary local leaders who have stewarded this event for a quarter of a century.
The Peabody joins the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, New Haven Museum, Students for Educational Justice, and the Yale Schwarzman Center to offer a slate of programs that testify to the art of storytelling as a form of resistance, the importance of remembrance, and the liberating power of imagining new futures together.
Family Programs hosted by the New Haven Museum
Storytelling
Experience the enduring power of storytelling by participating in this annual tradition of honoring Dr. King through stories and song. Learn about and engage with his legacy through fables and a captivating program the whole family can enjoy. Featuring Clifton Graves (Chicken and the Eagle, The Creation), Joy Donaldson (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Word), and Waltrina Kirkland-Mullins. Dr. Robbie Thomas will also join us for a reading of her children’s book,
Mommy, Why Am I Different?
Recollection Connections
The Artsucation™ Academy Network presents an international celebration of the past, present, and future legacies of our social justice warriors while looking towards the future with our youth as we connect across Zoom borders and waters to unite for human rights for all during the pandemic and beyond. Featuring New Haven s Neighborhood Music School s Premiere Dance Company and Keepers of the Culture Performi