The King Center is kicking off a week-long series of events on Monday to honor civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of the national holiday observance on Jan. 19.
This year’s theme, Mission Possible II: Building Community, Uniting a Nation the Nonviolent Way, is described by the center as “a blueprint for action” to fuel outreach and develop programming.
“This year’s King Holiday Observance theme and corresponding experiences and events reflect a call up and in, to the collective, critical work of building community, uniting a nation, and thereby shifting the world — the nonviolent way,” said Dr. Bernice A. King, youngest child of the civil rights leader and CEO of The King Center, in a January press release.
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