This year’s theme is Light, Love & Liberation with keynote speaker Dr. Regine Jean-Charles, Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice as well as Director of Africana Studies at Northeastern University. A Black feminist literary scholar who works at the intersections of race, gender and justice from a global perspective, she has authored over 30 publications and is a regular contributor to media outlets like Ms. Magazine, The Boston Globe, WGBH, America Magazine, and Cognoscenti on WBUR. Dr. Jean-Charles’s activist work has been with A Long Walk Home, Inc., a non-profit organization that uses art to educate, inspire, and mobilize young people to end violence against girls and women.

Visit the MLK Legacy Day website for more information: https://www.babson.edu/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/programs-and-events/martin-luther-king-jr-legacy-day/