Sarah Brooke Lyons
San Antonio’s annual MLK Jr. Day March is among the many largest within the nation.
Regardless that San Antonio final month scrapped its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March resulting from icy situations, town is transferring is staging a substitute occasion to honor the late civil rights chief.
The “Metropolis of San Antonio Group Coming Collectively: Working Past the March” gathering will happen 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at Pittman Sullivan Park.
The free celebration honoring MLK together with San Antonio civil rights advocate Rev. R.A. Callies will function youth actions, meals distributors, worship and music. Native organizations and well being companies additionally shall be available to debate their out there sources.
Metropolis officers and the organizers of San Antonio’s annual MLK March canceled the Jan. 15 occasion this 12 months resulting from security dangers posed by freezing rain and icy situations. The march is likely one of the nation’s largest.
“Whereas it was disappointing to cancel the normal MLK March resulting from harmful climate situations, the spirit of unity and remeberence was vibrantly alive within the numerous gatherings,” town mentioned in a press launch.
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