Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service
Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service

Teach Dr. King’s Speech

Read “King in the Classroom,” an article on the Teach the Speech Initiative in the Spring 2022 Georgetown magazine.

Let us know you are coming! February 13, 2026 Teach The Speech

Each year, Georgetown faculty, staff, and students across campuses and schools read and reflect on one of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s speeches/texts during the spring semester. The 14th annual Teach the Speech event on February 13, 2026 will focus on the Dr. King’s 1967 speech at the National Conference on New Politics in Chicago, often referred to as The Three Evils of Society.

Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend as much of this event on Friday, February 13, 2026 in-person in Healy Family Student Center Social Room on the Hilltop campus as they can. The schedule allows for people to come/go as they need.

12:30pm – 1:00pm: Community gathering with boxed lunches
1:00pm – 1:50pm: Teach-In
—Invocation by Reverend Rev. Tarra L. Taylor, MDiv, BCC, Staff Chaplain for Oncology, Department of Mission and Pastoral Care, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
—Reflection by Tracey Frazier-Akparawa, Office Manager, Office of the Provost
—Co-moderated panel with Legacy of a Dream Awardees (see below)
1:50pm – 2:30pm: Audience Q&A with panelists
—Benediction by Reverend TauVaughn Toney, Protestant Christian Chaplain
2:30pm – 4:00pm: Community gathering with tea, coffee, and light snacks and crafts

Mary Brown, Co-founder and Executive Director, Life Pieces to Masterpieces

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Paula Fitzgerald, Esq., Executive Director, Ayuda

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Paula Thompson, President & CEO, Voices for Second Chance

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Khari Brown, former CEO, Spark the Journey

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