"A Day On, not a Day Off" is how Martin Luther King, Jr. Week is celebrated at CMU. Annually, the third week in January kicks off the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy with a week of activities organized by the Multicultural Academic Student Services. Most events are free and open to the public.

SVSU has partnered with regional businesses, chambers of commerce, and community foundations to work together to host a celebration of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The sixth annual Great Lakes Bay Regional event will feature a peace march, scholarship award ceremony, and keynote speaker. The keynote speaker is Ruth D. Jones, Ph.D., Branch Chief for Industrial Safety Branch at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The ARC of Midland is providing food assistance to the Midland community by partnering with Hidden Harvest and the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. The food distribution takes place at The Great Lakes Loons Dow Diamond on January 20, 2020. Volunteers needed to help package and distribute food.