The 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life, will be held on Monday, January 20th in the Wells Conference Center on campus.

The family-friendly event will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King’s service while offering inspiration through diversity and social commitment.  

Doors will open at 8:00 am, and the program will run from 8:30 to 10:30 am. The celebration will feature food, music, a peace writing prize recognition, and a keynote address.

Tickets to this event are $20 ($15 for children ages 12 and under, and free for undergraduate UMaine students with a valid MaineCard). Table sponsorships for organizations and departments are available for $200. Each table has a capacity for ten seats.     

Advance registration is strongly recommended.

For more information or to request a disability accommodation, contact Robert Jackson at [email protected] or at 207-581-9517.

RACE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND MAINE AT 200 YEARS

Where Do We Go From Here?

Using Martin Luther King, Jr.’s fourth and final published book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? as our guide, this year’s holiday program examines the meaning of race, tribal sovereignty and the struggle for self-determination in the two centuries since statehood.

Through a discussion that is grounded in history and analysis, speakers from around the state will address what must be done to achieve this goal and the realization of justice as we begin a new era.

Complimentary childcare, which includes a child-friendly dinner, will be provided for ages 4 to 10 through AmeriCorps Alums. Registration is required. Please email [email protected] for more information.

Additionally, once again, we are collaborating with Maine Senior Corps for their Warm Hearts, Warm Feet campaign to ensure older Mainers have warm socks this winter. Attendees are asked to bring new pairs of socks of any size to contribute to our Senior Corps collection.

**Please note that every effort is being made to provide complimentary tickets to those who may otherwise not be able to attend. To help, please consider a donation at the time of ticket purchase. These tickets will be available to those who express interest on a first-come-first-serve basis at [email protected].

Please print tickets for entrance to the event.

In commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., join us for a Q&A session hosted by Bowdoin College with Michelle Alexander — a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, legal scholar, and author of the award-winning The New Jim Crow.

The Q&A will be moderated by our Legal Director, Zach Heiden, and Tina Nadeau, Executive Director of the Maine Association of Criminal Lawyers.

Event sponsors include: Bowdoin Center for Multicultural Life; Bowdoin Student Activities; Bowdoin Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Department; Bowdoin Office of the President; Bowdoin Africana Studies; Bowdoin Office of the Dean of Students; Bowdoin Sexuality, Women, and Gender Center; Bowdoin Office of Inclusion & Diversity; Bowdoin Residence Life; Bowdoin Department of Government & Legal Studies with support from the John C. Donovan Lecture Fund and the McKeen Center.