Prof. Jonathan L. Walton joined St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh and Prof. Lerone Martin of Wash U. on St. Louis Public Radio this week to speak about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on politics and society today. Read and listen to the full conversation.
Prof. Jonathan L. Walton, along with 30 other protesters, was arrested by Cambridge police during a pro-DACA rally on Thursday evening after blocking traffic on Massachusetts Avenue in Harvard Square. The planned act of civil disobedience by local area educators was intended to protest the recent decision by President Trump to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Prof. Walton's statement on the protest
“No human being is illegal. History teaches us that whenever governments or laws render some in violation of law based on the...
At the 2017 Baccalaureate Service, Pres. Drew Faust advises seniors, “My graduation wish for you is that we will have succeeded in making you noticers.” Read the coverage in the Harvard Gazette.
Jonathan L. Walton shared a stage in Atlanta Saturday with musician Usher Raymond, actor/director Tyler Perry and music industry executive Jon Platt at Morehouse College's 29th Annual “A Candle in the Dark” Gala, honoring the achievements of men in business, entertainment and religion.
Walton, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, received the Bennie Service Award in Religion at the event in the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta attended by more than 1,500 people. He is a 1996 Morehouse College graduate....
"If we are going to move forward as a nation, it is time for us to replace our fear with faith." Professor Jonathan L. Walton calls for an end to America's gun obsession in a New York Times op-ed.
At the 2016 Baccalaureate Service, Pres. Drew Faust calls on seniors to author their own narratives in embracing the unknown. Read the coverage in the Harvard Gazette.
We are excited to announce that the Memorial Church will undergo much needed renovations in the coming months. The project will focus on long-deferred building and infrastructure maintenance, including accessibility and safety compliance upgrades; a reconfigured lower level... Read more about Memorial Church renovations
Many students and friends of the church attended the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper last night. View photos of the event from The Harvard Crimson and on our Facebook page.
We are excited to announce that a Choral Fellows recording of "Christmas Eve: A Trio with Solos," by the 10 year old Samuel Barber (reconstructed by Iain Quinn) will be featured on Christmas Eve on Performance Today!, a popular classical music radio program. You can listen on the Performance Today! website. The performance is in Hour One of the program.
WQRX News interviews Joel Cohen about this Friday's benefit concert:
"Joel Cohen, artistic director of the Camerata Mediterranea and the lead organizer of Friday's concert, noted that response from American humanitarian groups has lagged behind Europe's. "Somehow or other, it seems more distant from these shores, but wrongly, I think," he said. "We Americans have a lot at stake in this crisis, both from a geopolitical point of view but also from a moral and humanitarian standpoint.”
"It’s tempting to see the more recent examples of women getting access to this privilege as a sign of 'progress,' but this week’s troubling revelations about the prevalence of sexual assault on Harvard’s campus offer a sobering reminder of our own incapacities."
Timothy McCarthy ’93 delivered a powerful talk at yesterday's Morning Prayers. Read the text of his full talk in The Harvard Crimson.
On Friday, September 18, forty Congressional Medal of Honor recipients attended a private memorial service at the Memorial Church. Read the coverage in the Harvard Gazette.