Cambridge Commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Various Events and MLK Day of Service and Learning January 14-19

The City of Cambridge is proudly hosting multiple events to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year. Additionally, Many Helping Hands 365 is once again hosting the MLK Day of Service.

Dr. MLK Jr. Day Lecture Series 51st Anniversary Celebration
Wednesday, January 14, 6-7:30 p.m.
Main Public Library, 449 Broadway
Virtual

The Cambridge Public Library celebrates the 51st year of its Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Lecture Series.

Dr. Brandon M. Terry is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and Co-director of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. He is the author of Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement and is coeditor, with Tommie Shelby, of To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and editor of Fifty Years Since MLK. 

This event is cosponsored by the Mayor's Office, the City Manager's Office, Cambridge Public Library, and the Cambridge Public Library Foundation.

Registration is required for the event, whether attendees plan to participate in-person or remotely. Register for this event.

City of Cambridge's Annual Martin Luther King Day Commemoration and Remembrance
Monday, January 19, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
St. Paul AME Church, 37 Bishop Allen Dr., Cambridge, MA 02139

All are invited to remember and celebrate the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the City of Cambridge's annual Martin Luther King Day Commemoration and Remembrance. Organized by the Cambridge Peace Commission, the Commemoration will take place on Monday, January 19, beginning at 11 a.m., at St. Paul AME Church, located at 37 Bishop Allen Drive in Central Square. The program will be live-streamed via Zoom (registration required). Register to attend via Zoom. 

This year’s program centers on the theme Community Begins With Us, emphasizing reflection, shared responsibility, and collective action. It will feature musical selections by the Millennium Gospel Choir and a keynote address by Roeshana Moore-Evans. Through music and spoken word, the program will honor Dr. King’s legacy and invite participants to reflect on how community is something we actively build together.