Community Events

Community and Campus Life is here to welcome you, support you, and keep you connected through our community events.

2025 MLK lecturer Darren Walker being handed an award by Alan Garber, president of Harvard University.

Community-wide Gatherings

From welcome back activities to campus-wide dialogues, we bring individuals together from across campus celebrating our shared mission.

Annual Community Forum

Come together to engage in critical dialogue, explore new approaches, and build our capacity to foster a community where everyone can thrive.

Welcome to Harvard

Mark the start of the academic year in community and learn about campus resources and supports, and enjoy music, refreshments, and games, too!

Community Dialogues

Occasional community conversations that bring together experts from different viewpoints to discuss critical issues in our community.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture at Harvard

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture at Harvard annually honors individuals who have advanced the work that inspired Dr. King to act and lead.

We live in a context where we love to be heard, but to listen to somebody else’s pain takes quite a bit of generosity and beauty and character—and love too.

Imam Khalil Abdur-Rashid

Muslim Chaplain at Harvard University at the “What it Means to Be a Good Neighbor” dialogue

Community News

2025 MLK lecturer Darren Walker in conversation with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

‘Our American compass is still true’

MLK Lecture honoree Darren Walker urges hope, courage in fight against inequality, polarization

Read more about Darren Walker’s lecture

Welcome to Harvard

To kick-off the new academic year, schools and offices partnered with Community and Campus Life to host a Welcome to Harvard Block Party. The Harvard community was invited to discover resources and celebrate together.

Learn more about the Harvard Block Party

Panelists in discussion at the 2024 Community Dialogue, "Being a Good Neighbor."

Community Dialogues

Community Dialogues is a University-wide series that brings together experts from different viewpoints to discuss critical issues in productive ways and model dialogue across difference.