• Join us as we kick off our day with a light breakfast in the FSPA Lobby of the Fine Arts Center
• Registration/check-in for service projects in the main box office lobby area
• Socialize to start our day “on"

At 8:30 AM we will have a short program and prayer. 

• Service projects will be dismissed by site, departing campus by 8:45 a.m. 

Sign up to serve with local community organizations and causes. Visit the appropriate link below to read more thorough details about our service and to view details of each available project.    

• Viterbo Email: Please click here to register for a project.
  • Use the same Viterbo Log-In information as you use for email, Moodle, etc. 
    • Viterbo students and employees can use this UGetConnected tool to find service opportunities year-round.
• No Viterbo Email?:  Please click here to register for your project through the community UGetConnected portal.
  • Use this option if you’re a guest or participant without a Viterbo email.  You may have to create a user profile on UGetConnected first.    

Priority registration deadline: Saturday, Jan. 18 at 9 a.m. 

If you are interested in serving as a site leader for the project you are interested in, indicate that in your registration notes. We encourage any Viterbo employees or experienced Service Saturdays participants to consider this role. 

All meal plans will work for individuals on meal plans.  Visitors are welcome to purchase a meal in the cafeteria. 

Menu includes: Creole BBQ chicken, Cajun roasted pork loin, Cajun Tofu, glazed carrots, steamed broccoli florets, smoked paprika roasted potatoes, vegan jambalaya, baked russet potato. 

• 1 PM: Dr. Ariel Beaujot, "We are Still Here:" A Story of Resistance to the Colonization in the City We Now Call La Crosse
• 2 PM: Shaundel Washington-Spivey, executive director and co-founder of BLACK Inc.

Beloved Community Dinner and Fellowship in Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Sr. Thea Bowman Center.

Lerone A. Martin
Centennial Chair, Director, Professor
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University   
Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, 7 p.m.
Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Theatre

Lerone A. Martin is the centennial chair and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. The mission of the institute is to publish the definitive 14-volume edition of The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr., a comprehensive collection of King’s most significant correspondence, sermons, speeches, published writings, and unpublished manuscripts. Attendees will learn firsthand the importance of the papers in addition to other resources such as access to thousands of documents, photographs, and publications about the modern African-American freedom struggles.  

This lecture is part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration. Read more about Martin here.

Attendees of his presentation in celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will come away with a deeper appreciation of the life of Dr. King and how we can continue his legacy today. 

*Note: Doors open at 6:30 PM.  Free and open to the public. This event also live-streamed via Facebook at www.facebook.com/viterboethics

B.L.A.C.K (Black Leaders Acquiring Collective Knowledge) compiled a list of Black-owned businesses in La Crosse and surrounding communities. You can access the link HERE

Please know you can support these businesses and other organizations financially, but you can also promote their businesses on social media and provide recommendations to show your support.

Learn more about The Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce (WBCC). Become a member, attend their conferences and workshops, see businesses promoted throughout the state by WBCC.