DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE

Commemorating 35 Years of Celebration

Founded in 1989 as a potluck amongst friends and neighbors, the Arlington Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance Committee has been dedicated for over three decades to upholding the values and legacy of the civil rights leader through its yearly celebration in the Town of Arlington and supporting civic engagement across the Commonwealth year round.

Celebrating our 37th year of commemorating the

Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Arlington Town Hall

January 20th, 2025

6:30 pm

Kellie Carter Jackson

Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College and has written two highly regarded books: Force and Freedom, and, very recently, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance. She is much in demand on the lecture circuit.

Music by Peoples Baptist Church Male Chorus, directed by Marcia Scott

We rely on community support to put on this loved celebration each year and sustain our work all year round. Please consider contributing today.

Donations can also be submitted by mail to

Arlington Martin Luther King

Birthday Observance Committee

PO Box 320

Arlington, MA

02476

Gofundme

“Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method which you suggest is bitterness and chaos, the aftermath of the love method is reconciliation and creation of the beloved community. Physical force can repress, restrain, coerce, destroy, but it cannot create and organize anything permanent; only love can do that. Yes, love—which means understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill, even for one’s enemies—is the solution to the race problem.”
excerpt from "Advice for Living" 1957

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE

Kellie Carter Jackson

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE