UMB’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Recognition Awards are presented for individual and/or group achievements in the areas of diversity equity, and inclusion. 

The Diversity Advisory Council has named the 2022 winners, who will be honored at UMB’s Black History Month celebration on Feb. 8 featuring keynote speaker Lawrence T. Brown, PhD, an educator, equity scientist, and author of the 2021 book “The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America.”

The MLK Award winners serve as models of the ideals epitomized by the life and work of Dr. King.