Each year, during the month of January, the University of Pennsylvania and our surrounding communities come together to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This commemoration includes a day of service on our campus and in the Philadelphia community on Monday, January 18, 2016 and continues with programming and events through Friday, January 29, 2016.

We invite your organization to plan a program in conjunction with this year’s symposium. Programs can include reflection, action and response on/to contemporary issues and should raise issues of social change and social justice while incorporating Dr. King’s challenging vision to end racism and poverty, to strengthen and embrace diversity and to support free expression. All programs will be publicized on the MLK 2016 website, on the January AT PENN calendar and in the official Symposium guide.

Before submitting a program please review the current MLK 2016 event calendar for similar programs or timing conflicts. To submit a program or event request, please visit the Penn MLK Symposium website: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/ You will find the link to the submission form on our calendar of events page.

The deadline for program submissions is Tuesday, December 1, 2015.

If you have any further questions, please email us at mlk.symposium@gmail.com

Thank you for your consideration.

—The 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium Executive Committee