Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Celebration

Rooted in Service and Rising in Community

Monday, January 19 @ 12:00 – 4:00 pm

  Yale Peabody Museum , 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT


  • Festival / Family Day
  • Open to Public

Join over a dozen community organizations as they gather at the Yale Peabody Museum to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work, offering knowledge about food, educational, racial, and environmental justice. Set against the wonder of the museum, students from the New Haven Public Schools will share music and dance. Immerse yourself in what the New Haven community offers at the Yale Peabody Museum!


Monday, January 19, 2026
Yale Peabody Museum

12:00 – 4:00 PM Social Justice & Service Resource Fair
Central Gallery
12:00 – 3:00 PM Hands-on activities, crafts and NHPS Musical Performances
Throughout the Galleries
12:30 – 4:30 PM Drop-in Zine Making
Room 112
12:30 – 3:30 PM Conversation Circles
Room 117 & 118
4:00 – 4:45 PM Community Open Mic
David Friend Hall
5:00 – 7:00 PM Z Experience Poetry Slam
Central Gallery


Event Partners:

CT Department of Environmental Protection, Students for Educational Justice

Mothers and Others for Justice

CitySeed

New Haven Pride Center

Citywide Youth Coalition

Possible Futures Bookstore

NXTHVN

New Haven Reads

Bethel AME Church

United Way of Greater New Haven

New Haven Museum

Yale Center for British Art

New Haven Public Schools’ Fine Arts department

 


Event Location

Yale Peabody Museum

170 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT