Dear Morningside Center friends,

This MLK Day, a new monument will go up on the Boston Common that honors Dr. King, his wife Coretta Scott King, and the movement for love, equity, and justice. Below, we offer a new lesson that invites students' responses to "The Embrace." Plus other ideas for MLK Day, and some good stuff to read. Enjoy!

And a happy update: We exceeded our goal for our year-end appeal, thanks to you. Warm wishes to all for a joyful and just 2023!

Love, Art, Justice, and Dr. King

Students explore new angles on the life and ideas of Martin Luther King Jr., and consider their own responses and (re)commitments to justice. 

See more lessons and classroom activities to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mindfulness & a Guided Visualization for Your Classroom

Mindfulness practices can help both students and adults stay grounded and connected. This guided visualization activity is one way to bring the benefits of mindfulness to your students. 

Collective Responses to Covid Era Stress & Isolation

What can we do not just individually but as a society to address the anxiety and sadness that so many young people are feeling? In this activity, students explore some possibilities through readings and discussion.

When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class.

An analysis by the Hechinger Report and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting found that attendance-related suspensions are pervasive, in some districts accounting for more than half of all in-school suspensions. By Tara García Mathewson & Maria Polletta at Hechinger Report

Mindfulness Practices for Administrators

Earlier in my career, I would often look up at the end of the day knowing that I had been extremely busy, but not really knowing what I had done; like many of us, I was on autopilot." By Nick Davies at Edutopia

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.