Video: MLK Day 2013 keynote address and introductory speakers

The Bobcat looks forward to May 15, when Bates seeks 555 additional alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day. Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College

Alumni make May 15 a “great day”

Post by: Victoria Stanton on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Bates reaches 599 new alumni donors to the Bates Fund in one day.

Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty

Post by: Bates News on Monday, May 13, 2013

A leading scholar and globally engaged expert, Auer is also a dynamic and effective academic leader, said Bates President Clayton Spencer.

Bates expects to award bachelor's degree to approximately 450 students, representing 35 U.S. states and 28 countries, on May 26. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College.

2013 Commencement honorary degrees announced; address by Stonyfield Farm’s Gary Hirshberg

Post by: Bates News on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The honorary degree candidates “show us how the values that define the Bates experience can shape, and take shape in, the world,” said President Spencer.

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Monday January 28, 2013 2:41 pm	Video: MLK Day 2013 keynote address and introductory speakers Unedited video of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote session at Bates College, Jan. 21, 2013 in the Gomes Chapel.
Tuesday January 22, 2013 5:00 pm	King would be ‘appalled’ at today’s rhetoric around poverty, Butler says in keynote Getting 46 million Americans out of poverty will require wholesale changes in how we talk about, think about and take action around poverty, said keynote speaker Anthea Butler.
Wednesday January 18, 2012 12:52 pm	Sun Journal offers extensive coverage of 2012 MLK events The Sun Journal offers extensive coverage of the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Day events at the college, including talks…
Tuesday January 17, 2012 2:12 pm	King Day speaker proposes path to reconcile environmental sustainability, justice advocates “Environmental quality and human equality are inextricably linked,” environmental policy expert Julian Agyeman stated in his Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address Jan. 16
Thursday January 12, 2012 1:11 pm	Martin Luther King Jr. Day workshops Here’s a schedule of MLK Day workshops at Bates on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.
Thursday January 20, 2011 1:45 pm	'Sankofa': Reflections of the African Diaspora on the Schaeffer stage Culminating the college’s Jan. 17 observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students used music, dance, poetry and prose to…
Wednesday January 19, 2011 4:36 pm	'Destroy what destroys us,' says Service of Worship speaker “It’s been a long, a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come.” The hopeful words of the Sam Cooke song sung by soloist Megan Guynes ’11 made a fitting opening for the Jan. 16 Memorial Service of Worship that began Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates.
Tuesday January 18, 2011 3:09 pm	MLK Day: Bates explores non-violent activism past, present and future In case you think that all the heavy lifting in the cause of social justice is over and done with, the Rev. James Lawson has news for you. “I am absolutely convinced” that the 21st century will be the time for a social justice movement that overshadows the transformative campaigns of the previous century, Lawson told a Bates College audience gathered on Jan. 17 to celebrate the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Wednesday January 5, 2011 4:25 pm	Bates presents actress, activist and storyteller Vinie Burrows Called “an actress of superb virtuosity” by The Associated Press, performer and social justice activist Vinie Burrows offers two performances…
Tuesday January 4, 2011 1:42 pm	2011 King Day events include debate, performance Here’s a detailed schedule of events for the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates College. All these…

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Unedited video of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote session at Bates College, Jan. 21, 2013 in the Gomes Chapel.

King would be ‘appalled’ at today’s rhetoric around poverty, Butler says in keynote

Getting 46 million Americans out of poverty will require wholesale changes in how we talk about, think about and take action around poverty, said keynote speaker Anthea Butler.

Sun Journal offers extensive coverage of 2012 MLK events

The Sun Journal offers extensive coverage of the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Day events at the college, including talks…

King Day speaker proposes path to reconcile environmental sustainability, justice advocates

“Environmental quality and human equality are inextricably linked,” environmental policy expert Julian Agyeman stated in his Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address Jan. 16

Martin Luther King Jr. Day workshops

Here’s a schedule of MLK Day workshops at Bates on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.

'Sankofa': Reflections of the African Diaspora on the Schaeffer stage

Culminating the college’s Jan. 17 observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students used music, dance, poetry and prose to…

'Destroy what destroys us,' says Service of Worship speaker

“It’s been a long, a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come.” The hopeful words of the Sam Cooke song sung by soloist Megan Guynes ’11 made a fitting opening for the Jan. 16 Memorial Service of Worship that began Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates.