Bellevue College to Host Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event Jan. 18

All are invited to celebrate and remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Bellevue College next month. 

Under the theme, “It Starts with Me: UNITY, commUNITY, opportUNITY,” event organizers have planned a hybrid event between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Keynote Dr. Bettina L. Love, an acclaimed author and public speaker, will present and host a book signing for the event.  

“The hope is that participants will have self-reflection on their contributions to unity, community, and opportunity,“ Dr. Glenn Jackson, chair of the MLK Jr. Day event planning committee, said. 

Rosalynn Jones, a national recording artist from Tacoma, will perform at the event, and Jackson will recite Dr. King’s renowned “I Have a Dream” speech. 

About Dr. Bettina L. Love 
Love holds a William F. Russell Professorship at Teachers College of Columbia University and is the author of the New York Times bestseller “Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal.”  

As a co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network, Love contributes to its mission of nurturing and empowering teachers and parents who fight injustice within their educational institutions and communities. Love is also a founding member of a task force that initiated “In Her Hands,” one of the largest guaranteed income pilot programs in the United States. This program has successfully disbursed over $15 million to support Black women in Georgia. 
 
Love covers a wide range of topics in her speaking engagements, including abolitionist teaching, anti-racism, hip-hop education, Black girlhood, queer youth, educational reparations, and the use of art-based education to foster youth civic engagement.  

MLK Jr. Day Event

January 18, 2024 

(Passcode: MLK)