Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration

Speaker 2024

Dr. Timothy J. Golden is Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Whitman College. He earned his law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Memphis. His books include Frederick Douglass and the Philosophy of Religion (Lexington Books, 2022), and Racism and Resistance: Essays on Derrick Bell's Racial Realism (State University of New York Press, 2022). He is also an attorney, an actor, and co-host of the Motown Philly Podcast. He is originally from Philadelphia, Pa.

Schedule of Events

11:40am – CommUnity with Dr. Timothy J. Golden, Walla Walla University Church
Life and Legacy: Overcoming the Cultural Memory of Dr. King
* To participate in additional activities, join us at the buses in front of the WWU Church immediately following program.
Lunches available to the first 100 students joining us on the buses.

1:30pm – Legacy Walk, The Reid Campus Center, Whitman College Whitman College to the Gesa Power House Theatre
Sponsored by the Intercultural Center at Whitman College

2:00pm – Musical Performance, Gesa Power House Theatre Recording Artist Chris Pierce
Sponsored by the Intercultural Center at Whitman College

3:00pm – Love in Action - Build a Backpack Blue Mountain Action Council, Food Bank
Sponsored by the Center for Humanitarian Engagement at Walla Walla University
Register here for Backpack Bridge.

6:00pm – Love in Action - Build a Backpack World Vision (Service Project will be held in the Student Association Center in Kellogg Hall)
Sponsored by the Center for Humanitarian Engagement at Walla Walla University
Register here for Elementary Backpack.