Our Mission is “To guide, nurture and enhance spiritual and religious life within the Stanford University community.” Whoever you are, wherever you are on your journey, we are here for you!
ORSL Spotlight
2025 King & Faith Symposium at Memorial Church: The Day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Came to Stanford
Please join us for a screening of Dr. King's 48-minute speech, “The Other America,” delivered April 14, 1967, at Stanford. A 16-foot-wide movie screen will be constructed on stage to create a vibrant rendering of this historic film.
After the screening, Philip Taubman, ’70, will join Professor Lerone Martin on stage for a short discussion about Dr. King’s visit. Mr. Taubman, an undergraduate at the time, accompanied King to and from the airport, later documenting their conversations in the Stanford Daily.
University Public Worship: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Service
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Service at Stanford University, in partnership with the NorcalMLK Foundation, is a revered annual event that honors Dr. King's legacy. The celebration service is a gathering of the Stanford University community and the wider public to commemorate Dr. King's contributions to civil rights and social progress. It features a program that includes music, spoken word performances, and reflections on Dr. King's life and work. This event fosters dialogue, unity, and a renewed commitment to advancing the principles of equality and justice that Dr. King championed throughout his life. It's a moment to reflect on the ongoing struggle for civil rights and to celebrate the progress made while acknowledging the work that remains ahead.
The MLK Celebration speaker, Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Ph.D., is The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences and Executive Director of both the Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) and the nationally-acclaimed Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG) and serves as co-founder of the Society for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Religion (SRER).
ORSL Spiritual Care Team
ORSL Deans and Chaplain Associates are all available for spiritual care visits. To schedule a time to speak with a specific chaplain, please email them to make an appointment. You can find the emails by clicking into their profiles below. If you would like spiritual care but are not sure who to talk to, please email us at spiritualcare@stanford.edu.
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Associate Dean for Religious & Spiritual Life and Advisor for Muslim Life -
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Senior Associate Dean for Religious & Spiritual Life and Pastor of Memorial Church
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What We Believe
- Welcoming and Inclusive: Fostering space where all feel welcomed, included, and represented.
- Care and Compassion: Nurturing communities that offer support, care, and guidance from a place of unconditional positive regard.
- Diversity and Equity: Ensuring our programs, events, and communities are both diverse and equitable, not simply in demographics but in systemic structures.
- Purposeful Living: Cultivating communities in which people can flourish and develop lives of meaning, purpose, and belonging.
- Student Centered: Giving primary focus and attention to student development, student needs, student gifts, and student interests.
- Collaborative: Working across campus to integrate the work of spiritual life into all aspects of University life.