NorcalMLK Foundation’s 2018 MLK Celebration Schedule

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2018 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations (MLK2018) in San Francisco with free activities* and new programs for all.

The MLK2018 theme is The Urgency of Now. This current season has manifested an unease with the domestic and international social condition, politics, and economy. And, a return to a past era of intolerance and despair has given voice to some of the nation’s worst instincts. And yet, we must continue to speak to those things that undergird the determination to nourish that which is the best in the human personality.

For, “the arch of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice,” a justice that marks a beloved community.

Saturday, January 13

• 9:00am:  MLK Day of Revelations: – de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco
• 10:00am:  Black Comix Arts Festival (Youth Day) – San Francisco Public Library – Main Branch, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco.

Sunday, January 14

• 10:00am:  MLK King & Faith Lectures:  MLK Service at Stanford Memorial Church
• 11:00am:  MLK King & Faith Lectures:  Howard Thurman Homily at the Church for the Fellowship of All People, 2041 Larkin St., San Francisco.
• 12:00pm:  Black Comix Arts Festival: – San Francisco Public Library – Main Branch
• 3:00pm:  MLK Evensong at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., San Francisco.
• 4:00pm:  MLK King & Faith Lectures:  Panel: The Urgency of Now at Gresham Hall – Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., San Francisco.
• 6:00pm:  Black Comix Arts Festival:  BCAF Party at Hazel, 1446 Market St., San Francisco.

Monday, January 15

Get MLK2018 Complementary Commemorative Transit Passes:

• BART
• Caltrain
• Muni
• Golden Gate Ferry

• 8:00am:  MLK2018 Labor and Community Breakfast at Marriott Marquis Ballroom, 780 Mission St., San Francisco.
• 10:30am:  MLK Liberation Film Festival:  Film Screening – The Death of a King  – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., San Francisco.
• 11:00am:  MLK2018 March/Parade – Caltrain Station, 700 4th St., San Francisco.
• 11:00am:  MLK2018 Health & Wellness Festival – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – Forum, 701 Mission St., San Francisco.
• 11:00am:  Black Comix Arts Expo:  BCAF Expo – City View @ Metreon
• 11:45am:  MLK2018 Interfaith Commemoration – Esplanade Stage at Yerba Buena Gardens.
• 12:00pm:  MLK Liberation Film Festival:  Film Screening – Resiliencew/conversation – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., San Francisco.
• 1:00pm:  MLK2018 Celebration Program – The Urgency of Now – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – Theater, 701 Mission St., San Francisco.
• 1:30pm:  MLK Liberation Film Festival:  Film Screening – Yemanja w/ conversation – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., San Francisco.
• 1:30pm:  MLK2018 Music Festival – Esplanade Stage at Yerba Buena Gardens.
• 3:00pm: MLK2018 Program:  Panel Conversation – Making Government Work for You – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., San Francisco.

Sunday, January 21

• 4:00pm: MLK King & Faith Lectures:  Youth Panel at Gresham Hall – Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., San Francisco.

Sunday, January 28

• 4:00pm: MLK King & Faith Lectures:  John Ira Jennings at Gresham Hall – Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., San Francisco.

Saturday, February 17

• 11:00am: MLK King & Faith Lectures:  Absalom Jones/Richard Allen Service at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., San Francisco.

Some programs may be subject to modification. Continue to check this schedule, or subscribe for updates.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.