Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King and carry on his pursuit of justice with a Day of Service at the Gardner Museum. Excerpts of his speeches serve as inspiration for art kits that kids can take home to design their own advocacy or postcards to share a message of hope with someone. 

Collaborative Art-Making
11 am – 4 pm, Bertucci Education Studio 
Honor everyday divinity as Allan Rohan Crite did by making a personal altarpiece in this hands-on art-making activity inspired by the artist and designed by two of his mentees and Gardner Neighborhood Salon Luminaries, Johnetta Tinker and Susan Thompson.  

From Earth to Heaven: A Community Sing-Along to Celebrate the Art & Liturgy of Allan Rohan Crite
1 pm & 2 pm, Courtyard
Raise your voice and join us in song as Boston City Singers Youth Choir fills the Courtyard with the melodies of hymns beloved by Allan Rohan Crite as we celebrate his life and legacy.

PROGRAM
South African set
Emlanjeni
Jikeleza
Shosholoza

Spirituals 
Woke up this Morning 
God’s Gonna Set this World on Fire

Allan Rohan Crite set
His Eye is on the Sparrow
Joshua fit the Battle
Deep River

Honoring Rest as a Birthright
11 am – 2 pm, 2 – 4 pm, Calderwood Hall
Martin Luther King Jr. Day often centers action, service, and labor in honor of Dr. King’s legacy. Activists and visionaries are often expected to sacrifice rest, joy, and even their humanity for “the work;” to be an activist is to push endlessly, to serve without pause, and to carry movements forward at the expense of personal care. In this program, we challenge that idea. We remember that activists and leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. were human beings who also needed moments of softness, joy, and restoration.

Join us in Calderwood Hall to rest, reflect, and engage in mindful, meditation led by Marlene Boyette as we reframe MLK Day not only as a space to honor work and sacrifice, but to reclaim rest as an inherent right that sustains activism, community, and life itself. 

Guided mindful meditations will take place in Calderwood at these times:
11:20 am
12:00 pm
02:20 pm
3:00 pm