{"id":2081,"date":"2025-01-16T13:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T18:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mlk\/?page_id=2081"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:37:06","slug":"live-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mlk\/martin-luther-king-jr-day-2025\/live-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Day Livestreams 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, Jan. 20<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9am \u2013 10:30am | The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Keynote<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025 | Bates College\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yaxrz3H7eog?start=1645&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">President\u2019s Welcome<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Garry W. Jenkins, President of Bates College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction of Keynote Speaker<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyler Harper, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Co-chair of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Planning Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Address<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Erica Chenoweth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Closing<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>James Reese, Associate Dean of International Student Programs, Member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Planning Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Location: Gomes Chapel<\/em>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/MLK25Keynote\">Reserve ticket here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2\">4:45\u20135:30pm | The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays Debate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025 | Bates College\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jq2Crg4IUMQ?start=1866&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Debate<\/em>: Presented by students from Morehouse and Bates colleges, this debate honors the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mays, a 1920 Bates graduate, prominent debater, longtime Morehouse president, pioneer of the civil rights movement, and important mentor to Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s topic is \u201cResolved: Law and order exists for the purpose of establishing justice.\u201d It draws from Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cLetter from Birmingham Jail,\u201d in which King decried the inaction of the country\u2019s faint-hearted \u201cwhite moderates\u201d who professed allegiance to the civil rights movement yet seemed to prefer inaction to action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>King wrote, \u201cI had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-rev-dr-benjamin-elijah-mays-debate-tickets-1109297501689?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Reserve ticket here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the MLK Day keynote gathering in Gomes Chapel and the Rev. 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