Our World House: Social Justice Tabling
Dion Family Student CenterOur World House: Social Justice Tabling with Students and Projects from Local High School Groups (Colchester, Essex, Rock Point, South Burlington, and Winooski)
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Events Calendar
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
Each year, Saint Michael’s College honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his vision of Beloved Community through programming, activities, and music. Dr. King’s Beloved Community is a global vision, in which all people share in the wealth of the earth (The King Center).
The theme of our 2026 convocation is The World House: the Interrelatedness of All Things, inspired by the last book written by Dr. King: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Dr. King envisioned the world as one home in which “we must learn somehow to live with each other in peace.”
The 2026 MLK, Jr. Convocation programming will focus on race and environmental justice in our world house.
MLK Convocation Welcoming Remarks
Roy Room, Dion Family Student CenterWelcoming Remarks with Fr. Michael Carter, SSE; Vernita Weller, Senior Success Advisor & Parent Liaison; Tide Gully '27, President of Diversity Coalition; Dr. Richard Plumb, SMC President; Dr. Gretchen Galbraith, Provost.
From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision, Skill, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home
Roy Room, Dion Family Student CenterFrom Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision, Skill, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home with Kristyn Achilich, M.S., M.Ed., Senior Instructor of Education and Director, Leahy Institute for the Environment Drawing from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call to choose “community over chaos” in The World House and Pope Francis’s invitation in Laudato […]
Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life
Roy Room, Dion Family Student CenterHome Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life with Fr. David Theroux, SSE, Vice President, Edmundite Mission Dr. King's image of a "world house" addresses the need to live with each other in nonviolence so that all may thrive, a world in which the rich care for […]
MLK Convocation Musical Celebration
Green Mountain Dining Room, Alliot Student CenterMusical Celebration with the Saint Michael’s Gospel Choir directed by Vernita Weller, M.A.T., M.A.R., Senior Success Advisor & Parent Liaison and the Vermont Freedom & Unity Chorus directed by Maria Rinaldi ’00, Web Support Specialist In a world filled with division and hate, Vermont’s Freedom & Unity Chorus brings people together through the power of […]
I Am Vermont Too Photo Booth
First Floor Lounge, Dion Family Student CenterI Am Vermont Too photo booth with Sha'an Mouliert, M.Ed., Coordinator & Photographer of the I Am Vermont Too photo-story exhibit
MLK Day Creative Space
MakerSpace Saint Michael's College Dion Student CenterMLK Day Creative Space – Button making, shirts, laser cutting, and more.
From Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age
Roy Room, Dion Family Student CenterFrom Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age with Stephon Boatwright, PhD, Assistant Professor, Political Science & International Relations. Dr. Boatwright’s talk will explore Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of the World House as a moral response to the crises of interdependence in an age of renewed nationalism and populism. King foresaw […]
“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences
Roy Room, Dion Family Student Center“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences with Jolivette Anderson-Douoning, PhD, Director, Institute for Equity & Justice and Hip-hop and Afrobeat artist Edwin Owusu, M.A., Lecturer and Speech & Debate Coach at University of Vermont Dr. Anderson-Douoning and Mr. Owusu discuss their process for working together across institutions (SMC […]
Planting New Seeds: the Journey of the Black Farmer from Sharecropping to Black Farmer Prosperity
Roy Room, Dion Family Student CenterPlanting New Seeds: the Journey of the Black Farmer from Sharecropping to Black Farmer Prosperity with Dale Bell, Associate Programs Director, Comprehensive Community Development, Edmundite Missions This presentation traces the transformation of Black farmers from the era of sharecropping - where many worked land they did not own under exploitative conditions - to the modern […]
MLK Beloved Community Reception
Archway Lounge, Dion Family Student CenterMLK Beloved Community Reception celebrating local BIPoC-owned caterers
MLK Convocation Keynote: Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility, Care and Relationality
Roy Room, Dion Family Student CenterTuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility, Care and Relationality with Bindu Panikkar, PhD, Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources, University of Vermont How do we strengthen our relational capabilities centered in care, humility, and collective wellbeing? The word humility comes from the Latin root—humus, earth, soil, ground. […]