Here are events to commemorate King:<\/strong><\/p>\n Elected officials and candidates for office will be asked to make public commitments on economic and environmental justice issues, including green jobs, housing and transportation at 2:30 today at St. Thomas Apostle Catholic Church, 5472 S. Kimbark Ave. <\/span><\/p>\n Elected officials are hosting volunteer projects that include helping seniors winterize their homes and painting school classrooms. Volunteers can show up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday at 5533 N. Broadway or 4327 N. Lincoln Ave. or reply to jen@heathersteans.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Families can make crafts — including coasters, key chains and place mats — for Habitat for Humanity and other charities. The Kindness Connection will host two sessions Monday at the Winnetka Park District, 540 Hibbard Road, Winnetka. The cost is $5 a person to cover supplies. Volunteers can register at info@thekindnessconnection.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n DuSable Museum is hosting an all-day celebration Monday, featuring theatrical and dance performances, animated films and two special symposiums to discuss the experiences of civil rights activists. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 740 E. 56th Place. More information is at dusablemuseum.org<\/a>. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children age 4 and older, $6 for members.<\/p>\n Northwestern University will feature a performance by Chicago jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis and his trio, as well as lectures, panel discussions, and film, music and theater events. Lewis will perform at noon at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Dive, Evanston. The event is free. For a list of other events visit northwestern.edu\/mlk<\/a>.<\/p>\n King’s personal friends will share memories of the civil rights leader at 3:30 p.m. at the Belmont Village Senior Living center, 1035 Madison St. in Oak Park. Dr. Quentin Young, who was King’s personal physician, and Dr. Herbert Lerner, a Hyde Park pediatrician, will speak.<\/p>\n DePaul University will host a series of events, including a re-enactment of King’s 1967 “A Time to Break Silence” speech at a 7:30 a.m. prayer breakfast in the DePaul Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave., Room 120.<\/p>\n For more information visit: events.depaul.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Kristen Mack<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Read the original article from Tribune News Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a national day of community service in 1994 to build on the civil rights leader’s legacy. The move was meant to inspire people to use the federal holiday, established in 1983, to volunteer to improve lives, bridge social barriers, and move closer to the “beloved community” King envisioned. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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