October 19th, 2015. As the first of the 2015-16 MLK Series Lecturers, anti-racism author and activist Tim Wise speaks on Privilege and the Harms of Inequity.

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Lecture serves as the hallmark of the MLK Series. The lecture aims to highlight the role of creative endeavor in advancing democracy and equity. Through this annual lecture, RISD acknowledges an individual whose legacy of service and commitment to justice has made an indelible difference. The keynote lecturer is selected, in part, because of her / his consistent demonstration and skillful employment of Kingian values as a model of change.