Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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MLK lecturer sees teamwork as crucial to health care diversity
David Gordon, M.D., dean of the University of Akron College of Health Professions, gave the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Monday at Vanderbilt, touching on the theme of teamwork as it relates to health care diversity. Read MoreJan 19, 2017
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MLK lecturer highlights the power of perseverance
As a child in Africa, Rita Adeniran, DNP, R.N., had never heard of Martin Luther King Jr. Read MoreJan 21, 2016
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Vanderbilt celebrates MLK Day
The Vanderbilt community celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events Jan. 15-18, including lectures, service activities and participation in the Nashville Freedom March. See coverage on the Get Social website. Read MoreJan 19, 2016
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Lecture honors King’s message of hope, unity
Vanderbilt University Medical Center staff, faculty, students and guests packed 208 Light Hall Monday to honor the life and legacy of the late Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Read MoreJan 22, 2015
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Yale’s Forman to deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
James Forman Jr., a clinical professor of Law and supervising attorney at Yale Law School, is scheduled to deliver the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 19. Read MoreJan 15, 2015
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Nominate a faculty or staff member for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award will be presented Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, to a faculty or staff member in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing or at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who emulates the principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through his or her work. Read MoreDec 2, 2014
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Events honor King’s call to dream, serve, inspire
Vanderbilt University Medical Center honored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy with, among other events, a lecture by UCLA Nursing School Dean Courtney Lyder, N.D., Sc.D., and presentation of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. award. Read MoreJan 23, 2014
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UCLA Nursing School dean set for MLK lecture
Courtney H. Lyder, N.D., Sc.D., dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, is set to deliver the keynote address during the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 20. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Kenneth W. Mack is MLK speaker for Vanderbilt Law School
Author and Harvard University professor Kenneth W. Mack will deliver the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Jan. 23 at Vanderbilt Law School. Read MoreJan 6, 2014
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MLK Day speaker explores health inequality issues
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day address at Vanderbilt University Medical Center was part statement about progress toward health goals, and part sermon about the need to finish the march to the promised land of health equality. Read MoreJan 24, 2013
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MLK Day keynote address: Michelle Alexander on “The New Jim Crow”
Watch video of legal scholar Michelle Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” delivering the keynote address at Vanderbilt University’s annual event commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read MoreJan 21, 2013
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Vanderbilt to celebrate MLK Day with service activities, keynote address
Legal scholar Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," will deliver the keynote address Jan. 21 at Vanderbilt University’s annual event commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read MoreJan 15, 2013
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Toney to deliver MLK Lecture at VUMC on Jan. 16
Debra Toney, Ph.D., R.N. Debra Toney, Ph.D., R.N., president and founder of TLC Health Care Services of Las Vegas and the immediate past president of the National Black Nurses’ Association, will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 16. Read MoreJan 5, 2012
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Civil rights activist D’Army Bailey to speak at Vanderbilt Law School
Vanderbilt Law School and the Black Law Student Association will bring in civil rights activist D’Army Bailey to speak Jan 12 in commemoration of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Read MoreJan 4, 2012
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Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond to give keynote address during Vanderbilt University’s MLK Day celebration
Civil rights leader and former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond will deliver the keynote address at a 4:30 p.m. event at Vanderbilt University commemorating the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 17. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are… Read MoreDec 14, 2010