Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
On Monday, January 19, 2026, the Friends School of Baltimore community, including students, families, faculty, and alumni, will unite for the 22nd annual Friends School Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. We are excited to offer activities for all ages, both in person at various community partners or on campus at Friends.
Register for an activity below. Registration runs through Friday, January 16, 2026. You can make a huge difference in just a couple of hours!
On this day, we come together to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s principles of collective action for social change, justice, and equality through serving our greater community. It will be an engaging and meaningful day for everyone.
Monday, January 19, 8:45 a.m.
Please join us for our kick-off breakfast before heading to your respective area of service. This year’s keynote speaker is Jessica Harrington, MPA, an associate faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Director of Curriculum for Health Policy Research Scholars Program, a national change leadership program for doctoral students funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
With 18 years of experience in higher education, she brings a passion for nurturing leadership development, particularly among students. As a Certified Executive Leadership Development and Strengths-Based Coach, she believes in the power of cultivating community through values-based, equity-focused leadership. She is a lifelong learner and committed to helping people thrive in all stages of life.
Jessica views leadership as an inclusive calling. “It lives within all of us in many ways at different times,” she says. “Leadership is cultivated in community through awareness, reflection, practice, and growth.”
We are thrilled to maintain our commitment to collaborative work within the Baltimore communities, in alignment with the national mission of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. This mission seeks to empower individuals, fortify communities, overcome barriers, devise solutions to social issues, and advance us towards Dr. King's ideal of a "Beloved Community."
Popular activities fill up quickly, so don't wait! Register below:
We must use time creatively in the knowledge that the time is always right to do right.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’
-Martin Luther King Jr.
