Monday, January 20, 2025, 12:50-4:00pm (Doors open at 11:45pm)
Memorial High School, 1 Crusader Way, Manchester, NH 03103

Congratulations to this year’s honorees:

MLK Jr Award – Amy Antonucci
Vanessa Washington Johnson Award – Rep. Alissandra Murray
Lifetime Achievement Award – Will Arvelo
Community Service Recognition – American Friends Service Committee

DONATIONS ACCEPTED! Please bring a canned food item or a cash donation with you, to benefit the Goffstown Network Food Pantry.

Attention, singers! We would like to include music from an inter-generational choir of singers to celebrate the day! In addition to the traditional Negro National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing, we will be singing an arrangement of Sam Cooke ‘s “A Change is Gonna Come.” Sign up on the form here.

Many Paths, One Dream: Intersectional Perspectives on MLK’s Legacy

Other MLK Events around New Hampshire

Special thanks to the Black Heritage Trail for organizing these details!

January 14, 11:00-11:30am
MLK Storytime
Bethlehem Public Library
2245 Main Street Bethlehem, NH

January 16-20
MLK Classic Hockey Tournament
Cyclones Arena, Hudson, NH

January 17, 11:30am-12:00pm
MLK Storytime
Bethlehem Public Library
2245 Main Street Bethlehem, NH

January 18, 6:00pm
MLK Celebration
First Baptist Church of Nashua
12 Manchester Street Nashua, NH

January 18, 1-4 pm
Lost Boundaries documentary screening
Laconia Public Library

January 19, 2:00PM
MLK Concert
Follen Church
Highland Center Lodge Crawford Notch, NH

January 19, 2-4 pm
Lost Boundaries, documentary, with producer Dr. Larry Benaquist
Laconia Colonial Theater

January 20, 5pm-7pm
Set the House On Fire – A Gospel Concert
Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth
Tickets are $18 (including processing fees).

January 20, 1-3pm
Project S.T.O.R.Y., featuring keynote speaker, reading of MLK quotes and circle group discussion
BNH Stage, 16 S. Main Street, Concord

January 20, 12:00pm
Committed to Listen: MALAGA – A Story of Maine and the Middle Passage
Hope Gateway Church Portland, ME
Registration Link: https://form.jotform.com/250016142294144

January 20, 8:30am-3:00pm
MLK Day Arts Camp
Seacoast ArtSpot
2992 Lafayette Road, Unit 3 Portsmouth, NH
Cost = $99/child

January 20, 12:00-3:00pm
Day of Service BAPOC & BLM
909 @ WSCA Radio
Islington Street, Unit 1
Portsmouth, NH Portsmouth, NH

January 20, 10:00-12:00pm
7th Annual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King
Reynolds Hall
52 Concord Street
Peterborough, NH Peterborough, NH

January 20, 11:30am-4:30pm
Currier Museum of Art with Racial Unity and West High School Students
Currier Museum of Art
150 Ash Street
Manchester, NH Manchester, NH
Details: https://currier.org/event/celebrate-martin-luther-king-jr-day-at-the-currier

January 20, 8:30-11:00am
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration hosted by the Greater Bangor Chapter of the NAACP
Wells Conference Center, University of Maine
131 Munson Road, Orono
Bangor, ME
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-breakfast-celebration-tickets-1094342781719

January 21, 5:00-6:00pm
Celebrating the Life of MLK
Eppes Auditorium at The Park Theatre
19 Main Street
Jaffrey, NH
FREE Tickets: https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=450850~d9433c7f-6460-4bb3-8c24-1659bd316930&

January 22, 7:30pm
MLK Keynote: A Conversation with Stacey Abrams Moral Courage in the Face of Change and Uncertainty
Hanover Inn, Grand Ballroom
Dartmouth, NH
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-luther-king-jr-a-conversation-with-stacey-abrams-in-person-tickets-1115762869779?aff=oddtdtcreator

January 24, 11:00-11:30am
MLK Storytime
Bethlehem Public Library
2245 Main Street
Bethlehem, NH

January 25, 1-4 pm
Lost Boundaries documentary screening
Laconia Public Library

February 1, 10:00am-3:00pm
UNH Day of Service
University of New Hampshire
Memorial Union Building – Stafford Room
Durham, NH

2025 MLK Community Celebration

Many Paths, One Dream: Intersectional Perspectives on MLK’s Legacy

Other MLK Events around New Hampshire