The 3-mile parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, just west of Western Avenue, proceed west to Crenshaw Boulevard and then south to Vernon Avenue, concluding near the K L…
The parade will be broadcast by KABC-TV Channel 7 beginning at 11 a.m. and streamed on the parade’s website, KingdomDayParade.org.
The event will also include a food festival with vegan food, the opportunity to learn about local efforts to combat climate change and a family zone with volunteer activities designed for children.The volunteer organization Big Sunday will conduct its 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Clothing Drive & Community Breakfast from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at 24th St. Elementary School in South Los Angeles.
— picking up trash, painting the picnic area, restoring playground sand and pressure-washing the basketball courts at MacArthur Park;— watering the 100 baby trees planted in Long Beach’s Westside in November; andSanta Clarita will have its second annual Unity Walk in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 9 a.m. at Central Park, focusing on King’s legacy and contributions to the nation.
A King study group session will be from 11 a.m.-noon, beginning with the playing of a recording of King’s 1967 speech at Riverside Church in New York City, “Time to Break the Silence,” followed by a group discussion about how his words relate to the present. In his proclamation declaring Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day President Joe Biden said, “On this day of commemoration, service and action, let us hold up a mirror to America and ask ourselves: ‘What kind of country do we want to be?’
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