2023 MLK Jr. Day events in Michiana

A number of communities across Michiana are hosting Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations for residents to participate in during the holiday week.

Indiana

The History Museum (South Bend)

• January 16
  • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Museums: Free admission to the History Museum and Studebaker National Museum

Elkhart Chapter of the Indiana Black Expo

• January 16 - Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
  • 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast at the Elkhart Public Library 
  • 9:30 a.m. - March to Community Missionary Baptist Church 
  • 10 a.m. - Martin Luther King Jr. program at Community Missionary Baptist Church

NAACP

• January 16 
  • 7:00 p.m. - Dr. King Celebration at Prairie Street Mennonite Church (1316 Prairie St., Elkhart) 

South Bend Venues Parks & Arts

• January 15
  • 1 to 2:30 p.m. - Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Dream Center groundbreaking

Michigan

Benton Harbor Public Library

• January 18
  • 11:30 a.m. - MLK Storytime (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)

Berrien County YOUTH 

• January 16 
  • 1 p.m. - "Breaking the Silence": 2nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration via Zoom and radio

Bridgman Public Library

• January 16
  • 4 p.m. - MLK Storytime (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)

Buchanan Public Library 

• January 18 
  • 10:30 a.m. - MLK Storytime and Craft (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)

Coloma Public Library 

• January 17 
  • 10:30 a.m. - MLK Storytime and All-Day Craft (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)

Lake Michigan College (Benton Harbor) - MLK Celebration Week (January 14-20)

• All week
  • United Way of Southwest Michigan 10-day Equity Challenge
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • MLK Art Activity Packets
  • MLK Artistic Reflections
• January 14
  • 3 p.m. - MLK Choral Festival
• January 15
  • 5 p.m. - Panel discussion, "Seriousness of Reparation - Crimes Against Humanity"
• January 16
  • 7:30 a.m. - MLK Celebration and Community Breakfast, followed by MLK Community Expo
  • 8 a.m. - MLK Winter Warmth Drive
  • 1 p.m. - MLK Winter Warmth Kit Packing Service Project
  • 7 p.m. - Panel discussion, "What do we really know about the law?"
• January 17 
  • 7 p.m. - Panel discussion, "Racism & religion: Are we practicing what we preach?" 
• January 18
  • 7 p.m. - Panel discussion, "What is Allyship? Neighbors organizing against racism"
• January 19
  • 10 a.m. - MLK Storytime
  • 5:30 p.m. - Will Haygood, pre-speaker dinner (ticketed event)
  • 7:30 p.m. - "Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World" with Will Haygood (ticketed event)
• January 20
  • 7 p.m. - Saxophonist Erick Fisher & 3CM concert
• January 21
  • 1 p.m. - LMC women's basketball against Glen Oaks (MLK Jr. Spotlight recipients to be honored) 
  • 3 p.m. - LMC men's basketball against Glen Oaks (MLK Jr. Spotlight recipients to be honored)

League for Encouraging Empowerment (Cassopolis)

• January 14
  • 5 to 7 p.m. - Cultivating the Dream: scholarship fundraiser dinner & ceremony 

Lincoln Township Public Library

• January 18
  • All day - MLK All-Day Craft (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)

New Buffalo Township Library 

• January 19
  • 4 p.m. - MLK Storytime (sponsored by Lake Michigan College) 

Niles District Library

• January 17
  • 6:30 p.m. - Letters from MLK (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)
• January 18
  • 10:30 a.m. - MLK Storytime and Craft (sponsored by Lake Michigan College) 

Three Oaks Township Library 

• January 17
  • 10:30 a.m. - MLK Storytime (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)
• January 19 
  • 4:30 p.m. - MLK Storytime (sponsored by Lake Michigan College)