34th Annual MLK Convocation
Beloved Community The World House: The Interrelatedness of All Things January 19, 2026
34th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
Beloved Community
The World House: The Interrelatedness of All Things
January 19, 2026
9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
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. 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.
Featured Events
Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility, Care and Relationality
Monday, January 19 - 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Bindu Panikkar, PhD, Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources, University of Vermont
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Planting New Seeds: The Journey of the Black Farmer from Sharecropping to Black Farmer Prosperity
Monday, January 19 - 3:30 to 4:20 p.m.
Dale Bell, Associate Programs Director, Comprehensive Community Development, Edmundite Missions
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I Am Vermont Too photo booth
Monday, January 19 - 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Sha'an Mouliert, M.Ed., Coordinator & Photographer of the I Am Vermont Too photo-story exhibit.
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Beloved Community
Saint Michael's College works to cultivate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s vision of a “beloved community” by setting expectations for our community.
Sponsored by:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation Committee | Division of Edmundite Mission | Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts
In collaboration with
Institute for Global Engagement | Institute for Equity and Justice | Creative Commons Art Club | MakerSpace | the Diversity Coalition
This program would not be possible without the leadership of the MLK Convocation Planning Committee:
Co-Chairs: Vernita Weller, Senior Success Advisor & Parent Liaison and Lara Scott, Director of MOVE;
Kristyn Achilich, Director, Leahy Institute for the Environment; Bridgette Akins, Coordinator, Wellness Outreach and Education; Caroline Aubry, Leahy Institute for the Environment; James Baker, Asst Director, Special Events; Katie Barry, Senior Advisor for Student Success & Programming; Anthony Bassignani, Library Associate Director; Laura Crain, Library Director; Rev. David Cray, S.S.E.; Dawn Ellinwood, Vice President, Student Affairs; Gretchen Galbraith, Provost; Tide Gully ’27, President, Diversity Coalition; Becca Gurney, Associate Professor, Art & Design; Ernie Hodgdon ‘28, Student Government Association; Michael Larsen, Professor, Mathematics; Caitlin Lei, Associate Director of Digital Strategy; Julia Murdick, Leahy Institute for the Environment; Elizabeth Murray, Associate Director of Communications; Heidi St. Peter, Dean of Student Engagement; Fr. David Theroux, SSE, Peter Vantine, Associate Professor, Classical & Modern Languages & Literature; Clay Williams, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & Science.