As MLK Day approaches, organizations within the Sacramento space and throughout the nation are providing methods to recollect the lifetime of the civil rights chief.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With Monday marking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, organizations throughout the Sacramento area and the nation are planning occasions to commemorate the lifetime of the civil rights icon and keep it up his legacy.
Native occasions
- Afrikan Black Coalition Convention; Friday Jan. 14 to Sunday Jan. 17
The annual Afrikan Black Coalition Convention shall be digital this yr because it visits the campus of Sacramento State.
The aim of the convention is to unify Afrikan/ Black college students throughout California to speak about points round educational coverage, campus local weather, matriculation from universities, and political schooling.
The coalition has created a form for these excited about attending the three-day digital convention.
- MLK Celebration Sacramento; 5:30 p.m. Sunday Jan. 16
The celebration, being held on the Capital Christian Heart at 9470 Micron Ave., will characteristic audio system from the religion neighborhood and an MLK Celebration Choir.
The occasion started as a small gathering of Sacramento space pastors in 1994 and has since become one of many nation’s largest January celebrations that honor Dr. King, in response to organizers.
Native college students will even be celebrated on the occasion for receiving an MLK Celebration Faculty Scholarship. The message of this yr’s occasion: “We Are Higher Collectively.” Extra info and a reside stream will be discovered on the event’s website.
- MLK Metropolis Automobile Parade; 9 to 11:15 a.m., Monday Jan. 17
On the morning of MLK Day, a automobile parade will make its method round Sacramento from Grant Union Excessive College to the state Capitol then in direction of Sacramento State, in the end ending in south Sacramento.
The parade begins at 9 a.m. at Grant Union Excessive College on Grand Avenue.
- MLK Annual March; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday Jan. 17 from
Sacramento’s annual MLK 365 March for the Dream will not be taking place in particular person this yr because of the coronavirus, however individuals can nonetheless get entangled within the occasion nearly.
The group’s website is now accepting registration for his or her on-line program. The digital program will embody artwork, neighborhood and dialog for a couple of hours Monday.
- Stroll for Justice; 1 to 4 p.m., Monday Jan. 17 from
A neighborhood stroll and rally shall be held on the California State Capitol to convey consciousness to those that have been wrongfully incarcerated..
The one-mile march will start after a rally at 1 p.m. in entrance of Governor Gavin Newsom’s workplace and can encircle the capitol advanced.
Extra info and methods to register will be discovered on the event’s Eventbrite page.
- MLK Jr. Day Freedom Caravan and Wellness Honest; 10 a.m. to three p.m., Monday Jan. 17 from
For the second yr, Stephon Clark’s I Am Sac, Councilmember Mai Vang’s Workplace, Queen Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant and different native companies and organizations are organizing a wellness truthful and freedom caravan to be held on MLK Day.
The caravan begins at 10 a.m. within the car parking zone at 7000 Franklin Boulevard.
The caravan ends at midday which is when the wellness truthful kicks off in the identical car parking zone. The truthful runs till 3 p.m.
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