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MLK Day 2024


 

Today is the annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Howard Community College admission is free but you need to sign up through Eventbrite.  Tomorrow is the MLK Day of Service which will be held at the Harriet Tubman Center. You can learn more here. 

HopeWorks of Howard County is holding a Teen Listening Session from 12-1 on Monday, also at the Harriet Tubman Center.


In addition, they will be collecting what they are calling a Special Item Pantry Drive on Monday from 9-12 at the Non Profit Collaborative location on Patuxent Woods Drive. 

Many of our clients are in crisis, suddenly away from home and without bare essentials. You can help.

In honor of Martin Luther King Day of Service, HopeWorks will be holding a Special Item Pantry Drive on Monday, January 15, 2024, from 9am-12pm. Donate an Essentials Tote or a Fresh Start Basket that we can provide to our clients and help them start down the road to healing.

Interested in group donations? Email us at volunteers@hopeworks.org for details.

GlenMar United Methodist Church is hosting MLK Day of Service activities as well, in collaboration with Ames Memorial UMC and St. John Baptist Church.



You can learn more and sign up for a morning session or an afternoon session through their event page on Facebook.  

Whatever you choose to do, these words from Dr. King’s daughter Bernice King are good for all of us to remember:

Dear politicians/political influencers:

When you evoke my father this #MLKDay, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty, and militarism. And about corrective justice work.

Don’t just quote him.

Encourage and enact policies that reflect his teachings.


If you know of more local events for MLKDAY2024, please let me know in the comments section. 


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