About the MLK Day Committee

2012-13 MLK Day Planning Committee

  • Committee Chair: Charles Nero, Departments of Rhetoric, African American Studies and     American Cultural Studies
  • Bill Blaine-Wallace, Multifaith Chaplaincy
  • Alexander Bolden ’15
  • Xing Fan, Asian Studies Program
  • Phyllis Graber Jensen, Bates Communication Office
  • Jan Hovden, Rhetoric and Director of Debate
  • Pamela Johnson, Art and Visual Culture
  • Heather Lindkvist, Special Assistant to the President for Diversity and Inclusion
  • Brenda Pelletier, Conferences and Campus Events
  • James L. Reese, Office of the Dean of Students
  • Megan Taft, Office of Intercultural Education
  • Lucy Triedman ’15
  • Emily Wright-Magoon, Multifaith Chaplaincy


  • About Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates College
    Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an intense, community-wide opportunity to discuss, teach, and reflect on King’s legacy. The day is a time to examine contemporary human issues through the lens of King’s work and ideas, broadly defined. It is a day of thought, reflection, and aspiration for the entire community.