Join us for two days of collaborative programming during the 7th Annual Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival (MCHRFF).
On Sept. 23 and 24, Learning for Justice will offer keynote presentations, fireside chats, panel conversations and film screenings and discussions. Speakers include Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Dr. David Wall Rice, Dr. Bettina L. Love, Giona Jefferson, Ash-Lee Henderson, Nina Gilbert and more.
Morehouse College Bank of America Auditorium at the Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center 830 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314, United States
Learn more and register now!
*Except for film screenings, all sessions on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24 are FREE.
Selected books by Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries and Dr. Bettina Love will be available for FREE at the book signing — especially for students!
Come join us in this movement for democracy and justice!
Agenda
Sept. 23, 2025
Learn more about each session by clicking on the link to the session page.
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. Welcome & Opening Session featuring SPLC board chair Karen Baynes Dunning, Learning for Justice director Jalaya Liles Dunn, and Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival executive director Kara Walker
2:00 p.m. Book signing opportunity with Hasan Kwame Jeffries after keynote.
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Welcome & Opening Session featuring SPLC president Bryan Fair
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Learning for Justice: 30 Years of Learning Through Film | Showing of selected LFJ films and interviews with veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
3:00 p.m. Book signing opportunity with Bettina Love before keynote presentation.
4:30 – 7:00 p.m. The Lakou: A Sanctuary of Learning Through Film and Dialogue Featured speaker Ash-Lee Henderson | Introducing the Lakou Award and inaugural honoree, Otis Moss* Note: This reception is by invitation.
Come together and learn with a week dedicated to human rights films at the 7th Annual Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival from Sept. 23 to 27, 2025.
The Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival was established in 2019 to extend the college’s position as an institution founded on the principles of equality and social justice.
Check out the full film festival schedule!