From: Office of Institutional Diversity
Dear Oregon State community members:
The Office of Institutional Diversity invites you to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote Address with Ruha Benjamin on Jan. 30 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the LaSells Stewart Center on the Corvallis campus and streamed online. There will also be a hybrid event at the OSU Portland Center.
Registration is free and required.
Benjamin’s thought-provoking talk will explore the intersection of technology and imagination: "Who Owns the Future? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination". This timely and relevant topic resonates with the rapidly accelerating pace of innovation at OSU and beyond, in areas such as artificial intelligence, data science and computation, where breakthroughs are happening at an ever-increasing rate.
Dr. Benjamin is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. She is author of the award-winning books “Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code” and “Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want”, among many other publications.
Accommodation requests related to a disability for the keynote event should be made by Jan. 23 to University Events at 541-737-4717 or events@oregonstate.edu.
Commemoration Events
An important part of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration are events organized by Oregon State community members across the state to collaboratively honor and carry forward the legacy of Dr. King. A full list of events is available here.
For more information on the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, please contact Miguel Arellano Sanchez at [email protected].
Warm regards,
The 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Committee
Office of Institutional Diversity