On behalf of Merritt College and the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, we extend gratitude to the many students, teachers, organizations, sponsors and supporters who shared in the creation and initiation of the inaugural events of the Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series. We extend gratitude and recognition to Dr. Dorothy Cotton and Reverend Dr. C.T. [...]

Check out interviews with Freedom Center Director, Roy Wilson and Youth Leader, Stephanie Martinez. Roy Wilson Stephanie Martinez

The Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series, a program of Merritt College and the Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center, invites you or your company to sponsor these historic events.  The next installment on February 9, brings  Bob Zellner, formerly of SNCC and Jack O’Dell, formerly with SCLC to Oakland.  Later in the spring, [...]

Kaiser Permanente produced a photo essay on the Freedom Center’s All of Us Around the Table Together Program.  Kaiser features this photo essay in their current public health initiative.

Check out Peralta TV’s feature on the MLK Freedom Center’s Democracy Education Classes at Merritt College.

MLKFC’s “Economic Crisis + Education Crisis = Teach-ins for a Stronger Democracy” tour current press: MLK Freedom Center Visits the Central Valley, California Advocate Newspaper, July 22, 2011 MLK Students Search for Solutions, Vida en el Valle newspaper, July 20, 2011 MLK Students Search for Solutions FULL ARTICLE, Vida en el Valle newspaper, July 20, [...]

When defining ones weaknesses and strengths, we must take account the movement. We must see it for what it truly is; a war between violence and nonviolence. If our weaknesses subside with our allies’ strength then the battle is in our favor; as we begin to cover for those who have fallen. When our weaknesses [...]