The latest edition of DreamWeek San Antonio promises more than 200 events this January, all designed around the exchange of ideas focused on diversity, tolerance and equality.
The 13-year-old annual summit is inspired by the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and the programming is intended to foster an environment for civil and civic engagement, community involvement and networking, organizers said.
SAN ANTONIO – DreamWeek, the annual city-wide summit, kicked off on Friday morning in San Antonio. The annual 16-day event encourages idea-sharing on global issues to promote tolerance, equality, and diversity.
DreamWeek founder and president Shokare Nakpodia is set to be joined by Mayor Ron Nirenberg at an opening ceremony detailing more about some events people can look forward to attending.
San Antonio’s MLK March — touted as the largest in the nation — is one of over 200 events featured as part of DreamWeek.
People can expect to have symposiums, panel discussions, debates, film screenings, concerts and art exhibits at more than 100 locations throughout the city.
San Antonio – Right now, the city is getting ready for Martin Luther King Junior Day, and DreamWeek 2025. This year’s theme for DreamWeek: ‘We Are Neighbors.’
It kicks off this Friday, Jan 10, and runs through Jan 26. The organization’s goal is to bring people together for civil and civic engagement.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg says this annual, local event brings people together worldwide.
SAN ANTONIO – DreamWeek, an annual city-wide summit, returns to San Antonio this Friday.
The event encourages idea-sharing on global issues to promote tolerance, equality, and diversity.
DreamWeek is 16 day long summit supporting the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior through collaboration and open forums.
It’s January, which means it’s DreamWeek! The city engages in a summit that promotes exchanging of ideas on global issues that multi-cultural communities face.
This event aims to advance and modernize the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
When: Friday, January 10, 2025 | Various times | Until January 26, 2025
Where: Various locations
DreamWeek San Antonio kicks off this week
City and community leaders on Tuesday announced the 13th annual city-wide program that leads up to and through Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
DreamWeek founder and CEO Shokare Nakpodia explained this year’s theme: WeAreNeighbor.
“Relationships and engagements with other individuals is a neighboring act,” he said
DreamWeek runs Jan.10 through Jan.26. Find a full list of events here.
City and community leaders held a press conference on Tuesday evening to announce the multi-week and city-wide program DreamWeek San Antonio, which leads up to and through Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The 13th annual DreamWeek San Antonio begins on Jan. 10 and ends on Jan. 26. It contains dozens of scheduled events.
DreamWeek founder and CEO Shokare Nakpodia said this year’s theme is #WeAreNeighbor.
“And so all this relationships and engagements with other individuals is a neighboring act,” Nakpodia said. “So #WeAreNeighbor is really about the fact that anything we project out there — we wake up the next morning, or the next day, we actually meet it. And we have to be very careful what we put out.”
Mayor Ron Nirenberg said he believed DreamWeek could be part of the solution to how to handle the increasing political conflict and polarization around the country.
“So we all have to ask ourselves, what’s the antidote to that?” he said. “How do we live into our dreams of being an inclusive, compassionate place, where we can get along and we can learn how to resolve conflict together? That, to me, is the gift of DreamWeek.”
Events during DreamWeek will touch on subjects including the culture of the American Southwest, Mexican American art, race in the United States, the role of journalism in fostering community trust, and San Antonio community gardens.
DreamWeek is designed to circle around San Antonio’s MLK March, the largest of its kind in the country. The San Antonio MLK March will take place on Monday, Jan. 20, at 10 a.m. Lining up for the march begins at 9 a.m.
Luther College invites community members to attend Dream Week events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. from Jan. 20–24. Guest speakers, engaging discussions and community outreach events will honor King’s legacy and examine the issues of racism, bias, inequity and injustice in our society.
The events are free and open to the public.
Robert Clay, chief equity and inclusion officer and assistant to the president for community engagement at Luther, described the vision for Dream Week 2025 and its positive impact for community members, both on and off campus.
“King reminds us that ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,’” Clay said. “May we carry the hope that justice is not only a dream, but a collective responsibility. Together, we must honor King’s vision by recommitting ourselves to working collaboratively as a campus community for a world where equity, dignity and love guide our actions toward lasting change.”
DreamWeek is 16 day long summit supporting the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior through collaboration and open forums.
