21st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Celebration - Jan. 19

21st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Celebration - Jan. 19, 2026

Lighting the Way: Faith, Hope & Action

Breakfast opens at 6:30 a.m. in the Campus Center Great Room - $17.85 at the door.

Program - 8:00 a.m.

Keynote speaker: Tanya Hughes, an Olympian and St. Mary's County native

AKA is hosting a donation drive 

Theme: “Project Community Care: From the Cradle • To the Campus • To the Community.”

What we are collecting:

• Diapers – for the Maryland Diaper Bank (cradle)

• Non-perishable food items – for the student pantries at St. Mary’s College and College of Southern Maryland (campus)

• Hats & gloves (new) – for the Robert J Fuller House (community)

Sponsors: St. Mary's College of Maryland; St. Mary's County Branch NAACP The 7025; St. Mary's County Human Relations Commission; St. Mary's County Public Schools; College of Southern Maryland; Ivy & Pearls of So. Md. Community Charities; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.^®, Nu Zeta Omega Chapter. Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions.

Day of Service:

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026

Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Host sites: St. Mary's County Arts Council, Three Oaks Center, Building Bridges Corp, Jamaur Law Foundation Inc, Pax River Naval Air Museum, Historic McConchie One Room School, Patuxent Habitat for Humanity, Lexington Park Library, The Mission.