Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
University of Michigan - Health Sciences Program
Historical Timeline
2024:
December 11, 2023: Health Sciences MLK Virtual Kick-Off: The Path Towards an Anti-Racist Psychotherapy with David Archer. View a limited time recording of the event; password MLK2024.
January 15, 2024: David Archer, father and Anti-Racist Psychotherapist, "Transforming the Jangling Discords of Our Nation into a Beautiful Symphony: Healing Through a Rhythmic Beat".
2023:
Dr. George Taylor, DMD, MPH, DrPH, " (R)EVOLUTION from Segregation to Elevation: The Quest for Health Equity"
Please see the 2023 video here.
See issues of the 2023 UM-HSC Buoy Newsletter.
2022:
Dr. Lakesha Butler, PharmD, BCPS, "This is America: Confronting Health Inequities...Writing Prescriptions for Change"
Please see the video here.
Campus Theme – “This is America" (Memorial Keynote Lecturers – Maria de Lourdes Hinojosa Ojeda, Dr. Rashad Richey, anc Dr. Patricia Coleman Burns - moderator)
Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion - Racial /Ethnic Disparities in Pain Management
To read about the lecture in the Michigan Daily news please visit: www.michigandaily.com/news/lakesha-butler-delivers-health-science-lecture-to-honor-mlk-day/
(Pharmacy)
2021:
Dr. Monique Butler, MD, MBA, “Where Do We Go From Here? - Body Politics and Movement Towards Racial Empowerment”
January 18, 2021 at 12 pm via Zoom
Campus Theme – “Where Do We Go From Here?” (Memorial Keynote Lecturers – Dr. Gloria House & Malik Kenyatta Yakini)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAC_jJ4lQzo&feature=youtu.be
(Kinesiology)
2020:
Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, PhD, “The (Mis)Education of US on Climate and Health”
January 20, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “The (Mis)Education of US”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturers – Angela Davis)
(Public Health)
2019:
Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor, PhD, "Using Genomic and Environmental Methods to Unravel Hypertension Health Disparities in African American Women”
January 21, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “Unravel”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturers – Tim Wise & Julia Putnam)
(Nursing)
2018:
Dr. Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, "The Fierce Urgency of Now – Moving Past Indecision to Action in Health Care Equity”
January 15, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “The Fierce Urgency of Now”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Hill Harper)
(Michigan Medicine)
2017:
Dr. Mosoka Fallah, PhD, MA, MPH, “The Sounds of Change: A Health Sciences Call”
January 16, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “Sounds of Change”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Amy Goodman & Issa Rae)
(Social Work)
2016:
Dr. Jeanne C. Sinkford, DDS, PhD, “#WhoWillBeNext: Interprofessional Leaders Promoting Health Equity”
January 18, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – #WhoWillBeNext
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Nontombi Naomi Tutu)
(Dentistry)
2015:
Dr. Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, “Unity not Uniformity: A Spotlight on Health Disparities”
January 19, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkzM1CSRRbM
Campus Theme – “Unity: Not Uniformity”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Marc Lamont Hill)
(Pharmacy)
2014:
Dr. Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN, “Healing the Divide: Bridges to community health”
January 20, 2014, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “Power * Justice * Love – Heal the Divide”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer - Harry Belafonte)
(Nursing)
2013:
Dr. Carmen Green, MD, “Unequal Burdens and Unparalleled Opportunities: Achieving the Dream for Health and Pain Care Equity”
January 21, 2013, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_l6mT95B9s
Campus Theme – “50 Years Later: (R)Evolution of the Dream”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Morris Dees)
2012:
Dr. Brian D. Smedley, PhD, “Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: The Geography of Equity and Human Rights”
Monday, January 16, 2012, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme - “Building on the Past to a New Generation of Activism”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Michelle Norris)
2011:
Dr. Sherman James, PhD, “Healing the Wounds: The Health Disparities Legacy of the 1960s Civil Rights Era”
January 17, 2011, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “We the People… Realizing the Dream?”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Shirley Sherrod)
2010:
Dr. Lisa A. Newman, MD, “Breast Cancer Awareness, Treatment, and Transformative Health: A Catalyst for Change”
January 18, 2010, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme - “I am, was and always will be a catalyst for change.”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Gwen Ifill)
2009:
Dr. Joanne Dawley, DDS, “A Dreamer, But Not the Only One”
January 19, 2009, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “A Dreamer, But Not the Only One”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Julian Bond)
(Dental School)
2008:
Dr. Spero M. Manson, Ph.D., “Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere”
January 21, 2008, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Louis Gossett, Jr.)
2007:
Mr. Tony Brown, MA
January 16, 2007, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “Building the Beloved Community”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer - Kweisi Mfume)
2006:
Dr. Na’im Akbar, PhD, “Breaking the Silence on Black Health and Life”
January 16, 2006, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “A Time to Break Silence”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer - Anna Deavere Smith)
2005:
Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD, “Advancing Justice in Health Care: An Historical Perspective on Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health Care”
January 17, 2005, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “But We Have Not Learned the Simple Art of Living Together”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer - Henry G. Cisneros)
2004:
Dr. Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, “Health Disparities: Still Separate? Still Unequal?”
January 19, 2004, at 11:45 a.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme - "Still Separate? Still Unequal? Brown Versus Board of Education, 50 Years Later"
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer - Lani Guinier)
2003:
Dr. Alvin F. Poussiant, MD, “Be the Change You Wish to See in the World”
January 20, 2003, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
http://ns.umich.edu/Releases/2003/Jan03/r011503a.html
Campus Theme – “We Must be the Change We Wish to See in the World”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Grace Lee Boggs)
2002:
Drs. Sampson Davis, MD; Remeck Hunt, MD and George Jenkins, MD, “The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream”
January 21, 2002, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
Campus Theme – “Honoring, Challenging and Living”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer - Dr. Benjamin Carson)
2001:
Dr. Reuben Warren, DDS, MPH, DrPH, “Commitment and Renewal: Improving Health Care for All”
January 15, 2001, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
http://www.ur.umich.edu/0001/Jan08_01/9.htm
Campus Theme – “Commitment and Renewal”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Edward James Olmos)
(Dental School)
2000:
Dr. Elizabeth Allen, “A Health Agenda for a Multicultural Society”
January 17, 2000, at 12:00 p.m. Maternal and Child Health Center
http://www.ur.umich.edu/9900/Jan10_00/8.htm
Campus Theme – MLK 2K: Shattering Barriers & Transcending Borders
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
1999:
Dr. Noreen Clark, PhD
January 18, 1999, at 12:00 p.m. in the Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
http://www.ur.umich.edu/9899/Jan11_99/mlkcal.htm
Campus Theme – “On the Verge of a New Millennium . . . STAND!”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Nikki Giovanni)
1998:
Campus Theme – “Why We Can’t Wait?”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Cornel West)
1997:
Campus Theme – "Campaign for a Unified Community of Justice"
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Mary Frances Berry)
1996:
Campus Theme – "Affirmation Through Action: The Challenge Continues"
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Jocelyn Elders)
1995:
Campus Theme – “Conflict and Communities: The Struggle for Racial Justice”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Benjamin Hooks)
1994:
Campus Theme – “American Culture or America—the Multicultural? The Challenge of the 21st Century”
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Charles Long)
1993:
Campus Theme – "From Indifference and Inequality To Justice and Reconciliation"
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Rep. Shirley Chisholm)
1992:
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Maulana Karenga)
1991:
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Adelaide Sanford)
1990:
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Cesar Chavez, Kevin Locke)
1989:
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Mayor Willie Brown, Jr.)
1988:
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Gov. Douglas Wilder)
1987:
(Memorial Keynote Lecturer – Rep. William Gray III)