Institute Associate Counsel Andrea McChristian will host the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration event, "Nonviolent Peaceful Protest in the Tradition of Dr. King: Still the Way to Counter Hate and Extremism" with special guest Lecia Brooks. Ms. Brooks is the Director of Outreach for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

As outreach director, she frequently gives presentations around the country to promote tolerance and diversity. She also serves as director of the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Ala., an interpretive center designed to provide visitors to the Civil Rights Memorial with a deeper understanding of the civil rights movement.