Nashville 2023 MLK Day March and Convocation Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take part in the 2023 Nashville MLK Day March and Convocation. Breakfast and transportation will be available from Kirkland Circle and The Commons Center, and Vanderbilt attendees who register to attend will receive an MLK Day hoodie. Vanderbilt community members will march together with community attendees from the Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church to the TSU Gentry Center, where this year’s convocation speaker will be Michael Eric Dyson. Check-in begins at 7 a.m. at E. Bronson Ingram Great Room and Commons Lobby. Buses depart from Kirkland Circle and Commons Center at 8:15 a.m. Register to attend the event: