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2026 International Colloquium Series Europe Builds Excitement
The NorcalMLK Foundation’s 2026 International Colloquium Series in Europe (ICS-Europe) builds on a growing global initiative dedicated to connecti...
MLK2026 Press Announcement
The NorcalMLK Foundation announces the events and the theme for the 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration....
Statement on the Declassification of the MLK Assassination Records
<p> The Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation identifies with and fully supports the statement issued by the Ki...
Toward a More Just Union
The 2025 theme for the NorcalMLK Foundation is Toward a More Just Union......
MLK2025 Press Announcement
The NorcalMLK Foundation announces the events for the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations....
NorcalMLK Announces the Creation of SIDGE_OP
We are excited to announce the launch of the SIDGE Opportunities Program (SIDGE_OP), a new initiative by the SIDGE Center designed to empower Blac...
NorcalMLK Executive Presents in Europe
In a significant achievement for the NorcalMLK Foundation, Executive Director Aaron Grizzell and Dr. Dwight Hopkins, a distinguished co-founder of...
NorcalMLK Executive Director to Speak in Europe
NorcalMLK Foundation Executive Director Aaron Grizzell and Dr. Dwight Hopkins, a distinguished co-founder of the foundation’s King & Faith Ser...
Celebrating the Life of Dexter King
We celebrate the life of Dexter Scott King (January 30, 1961 – January 22, 2024), the son of the late Martin Luther King, Jr....
MLK2024 Press Announcement
The NorcalMLK Foundation announces the events for the 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations....
A Sixtieth Anniversary Reflection
August 28, 2023, represents the sixtieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom......
BCAF2023 Program Schedule
See the BCAF2023 Program Schedule Here!...
Freedom, Justice, and Beloved Community
Together, love wins. Together, peace wins. Together, justice wins. ...
Social Justice and Beloved Community
The 2024 theme for the NorcalMLK Foundation is Social Justice and Beloved Community......
MLK2023 Press Announcement
The NorcalMLK Foundation announces the return of in-person events for the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations....
BCAF's David Walker Wins Two Eisner Awards at San Diego Comic-Con 2022
David Walker, co-founder of the NorcalMLK Foundation's Black and Brown Comix Arts Festival and three-time Eisner winner, will be at BCAF2023......
BCAF Comic-Con Ethnogothic Panel Features Best-selling Authors and Creators
BCAF hosted the <b>Ethnogothic: Horror and Conjure in Storytelling</b> panel at San Diego Comic-Con. ...
BCAF Comic-Con Diversity and Comics Panel Looks at Multimodal Media and Comics
BCAF hosted the <b>Diversity and Comics: Multimodal Media and Comics</b> panel at San Diego Comic-Con. ...
Gun Violence, Shame, Fear, and Hope
We Call on the U.S. Congress to Enact meaningful federal gun-control legislation to curtail the scourge of gun violence in our nation. ...
Make Your Voice Heard
There is no more important safeguard in our democracy than the protection of every American citizen’s right to vote......
BCAF and Chicago History Museum Launch Black History Month Program
The NorcalMLK Foundation's Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival (BCAF) and the Chicago History Museum launched a new program for Black History Month ...
2022 Lenten Tabernacle
The Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation's King & Faith Series is happy to be the collaborative partner with the S...
BCAF joins with Carnegie Hall in its Afrofuturism Festival
The NorcalMLK Foundation's Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival (BCAF) joined with New York Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism Festival in a series of ...
BCAF22 Goes Virtual with Spotlight Showcase
BCAF22 went virtual for the second year, due to the rise of COVID concerns. But, BCAF's Sunday Vitual Spotlights featured the Hugo Award-winning d...
Bay Area Congressional Leaders Send Message on Voting Rights
Bay Area congressional leaders send an unmistakable message in support of passage of voting rights legislation during MLK2022....
Faith Leaders Statement on Voting Rights
The Faith Leaders of the Bay Area call on Congress to protect the voting rights of every American ......
Statement on Voting Rights
Executive Director Aaron Grizzell Issues a Statement on answering the call to focus on securing the fundamental right to vote....
Toward Justice
The theme for 2022 answers the call to focus on securing the most fundamental right to vote....
MLK22 Press Release
NorcalMLK Foundation announces the return of in-person events for the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations......
Justice and Hope
As our nation experiences the painful fits and tests to our democratic project......
August 28
August 28, 2020, represents the fifty-seventh anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom......
BCAF Hosts its Third Diversity and Comics Panel at San Diego Comic-Con
On Saturday, July 25, the NorcalMLK Foundation's Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival (BCAF) presented a panel......
A July 4 Note
This July 4 marks the 244th year since the nation's founders declared independence from English tyranny....
The Time for Justice
On March 18, 1956, two days before he was to stand trial for his participation in the Montgomery Bus Boycott... ...
