2016 MLK Day Events

2016 MLK Day

People's Cafe Fundraiser, 2/6/2016 (PDF)

MLK Day 2016

On January 18, at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline's citizens joined together in celebration of the life and values of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The one and one half hour event featured inspiring poetry and an engaging keynote speaker, Northeastern University Law School Professor Susan Maze-Rothstein.

Professor Maze-Rothstein attended Devotion Elementary and Brookline High and spent most of her life as a resident of Brookline. She is director of the Legal Skills in Social Context Social Justice Program at Northeastern University School of Law and board president of Our Restorative Justice, a juvenile court diversion program. From her experience as a legal scholar and a Brookline resident, Professor Maze-Rothstein spoke about the deeply ingrained but mostly invisible ways that racism affects all of us. She asked the audience to consider the experience of others and to use the precepts of restorative justice to heal racial transgressions.

As “homework” Professor Maze-Rothstein has posted two papers, "White By Law (PDF)" and "White Fragility (PDF)," as recommended reading. Further information about restorative justice is available at the Center for Restorative Justice and Our Restorative Justice.

We would like to thank all those who participated in one or both of our Brookline Day of Service Projects co-sponsored with Brookline PAX -- a More Than Words Cafe book drive and a Brookline Food Pantry food drive.