Today’s service at Ebenezer is underway. Click here to view the live stream:
For many, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is “a day on, not a day off.”
There are numerous events and volunteer opportunities today throughout metro Atlanta.
Events include a 10 a.m. service at Ebenezer Baptist Church with a call to commemoration by the Rev. Bernice King, who shared a message to her late father on social media.
“Daddy, Thank you for lifting the power of love,” it began. “Thank you for believing that we can defeat injustice without destroying each other.”
Daddy,
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 15, 2024
Thank you for lifting the power of love.
Thank you for believing that we can defeat injustice without destroying each other.
Thank you for your courage and compassionate action.
I remember you today, on your 95th birthday.
I remember you…always.#MLKDay #MLK95 #MLK pic.twitter.com/Raaaf8ldgw
Today’s service will feature a keynote address by the Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley.
It will be streamed online here.
Commemorate #MLK’s 95th birthday.
— The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) January 14, 2024
Be inspired to #ShiftTheCulture through the study and practice of Kingian Nonviolence.
Tomorrow, #MLKDay, 10am ET: https://t.co/brFg4KMYi2
Keynote: Rev, Shavon Arline-Bradley
Call to Commemoration: @BerniceKing #MLK95 #MLKDay2024 #BCCS pic.twitter.com/RK3m2GoMKE
Arline-Bradley is president and CEO of NCNW and the founding principal and CEO of R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions. She served as senior advisor and director of external engagement during the Obama Administration in the Department of Health &Human Services for the 19th U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, according to NCNW.
The King Center, 449 Auburn Avenue NE, is coordinating a donation drive today where volunteers will sort and assemble care kit items for the homeless. Donations can be brought to the center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday. Online donors can purchase items from the center’s Amazon wish list.
Here are other volunteer opportunities to consider, today or any time: