Loyola University Chicago

Dreaming of Justice

Tuesday, January 15th
Prayer Service
Sponsored by Department Mission and Ministry
Madonna Della Strada Chapel (LSC), 4:00pm

Saturday, January 19th
Loyola To Host MLK Celebration Saturday - Fifth annual event in conjunction with basketball game versus Wright State
In continuation of a tradition, the Horizon League will honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a student-centered arts contest, which will culminate with celebrations at seven men’s and women’s basketball games, including the Loyola University Chicago men’s game versus Wright State on Jan. 19. Each of the League institutions hosting games on Saturday has partnered with one or more local elementary or middle schools to organize a contest in which fifth- and sixth-graders submit a piece of art, an essay or a musical performance focusing on the life of Martin Luther King. Each grade school selects 15-20 winners for the contest. “The Horizon League’s annual Martin Luther King celebration is our continuing commitment to provide an educational service to children in our communities so that they learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the effect that his beliefs had on changing education and civil rights opportunities for men, women and children of all races,” Horizon League senior associate commissioner Alfreeda Goff explained. “It is also an opportunity for them to express in their own way what affect his life has had on them and how they plan to live their lives.” The winners from Northside Catholic Academy in Chicago will receive three free tickets to the game, will be recognized on the court prior to Loyola’s game against Wright State and will receive a commemorative gift from the Horizon League. In addition, winning projects will be displayed at the arenas.
Gentile Center (LSC), 7:00p.m.

Tuesday, January 22nd
Annual Prayer Luncheon (WTC)
Join us as we commemorate the life of Dr. Martin L. King Jr. with a prayer luncheon featuring the Hales Franciscan High School Praise Team. There is no RSVP needed for this event.
25 E. Pearson, Kasbeer Hall (WTC), 12:00-1:30pm

Wednesday, January 23rd
Keynote address with Judge Greg Mathis
Judge Greg Mathis was elected to Michigan's 36th District Court in 1995. His election became a national success story and a symbol of hope for urban youth who are struggling to overcome the modern-day pressures and hardships of poverty, drugs and violence. A former street youth and high school dropout, Mathis' lawlessness brought him before a judge who became an advocate for him. The judge ordered the teenage dropout to get a GED or face jail time. Mathis obtained his GED as ordered by the judge and went on to become a committed civil rights activist, public servant and the youngest elected judge in the state of Michigan. His inspirational story of a young man who rose from delinquent to Detroit District Court Judge is chronicled in his autobiography Inner City Miracle. Mathis is a lifetime member of the NAACP, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and is a national board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Currently he is the star of Warner Brothers' Judge Mathis.
Galvin Auditorium, Sullivan Center (LSC), 5:15pm

Thursday, January 24th
Documentary Film Screening - Come Walk in My Shoes documentary film screening w/ Writer & Director Robin Smith
Join President Garanzini and film director and writer Robin Smith for a screening of a powerful film that follows the Honorable John R. Lewis (D-GA) as he leads colleagues from the House and the senate on an emotional pilgrimage to sacred sites of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. The journey begins in Montgomery where an 18 year-old Lewis first met Dr. Martin Luther King jr. and ends in Selma on the Edmund Pettus Bridge where the future congressman was brutally beaten as he led a march for the right to vote.
Simpson Hall, Multipurpose Room (LSC), 11:30-1:30pm *

*A buffet lunch will be provided to attendees. If you are interested in attending, please contact Kevin Huie at khuie@luc.edu. RSVP only.

For additional information on other programs, please contact Benjamin Harris in the Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs 773-508-3929 or bharri7@luc.edu.   

For additional events to be held around Chicago, check out our MLK Celebrations - Chicago page.

For information about the Department of Student Diversity & Multicultural Affairs' MLK event, Dreaming of Justice, click here.