Jan 17 Media Advisory: MLK Day Mobilization in D.C. Organized with Martin Luther King III and Family
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, over 100 national and grassroots partners will join Martin Luther King III and his family in Washington, D.C. to mobilize for voting rights legislation. Attendees will gather on Potomac Ave and then begin marching toward the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, where Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and other voting rights leaders and community organizers will host a press conference to send a clear message to President Biden and the Senate: you delivered for bridges, now deliver voting rights.
Following the bridge presser and crossing, the D.C. Peace Walk: Change Happens with Good Hope and a Dream, organized by D.C. MLK Holiday Committee, a group dedicated to peace and positivity for Washington, D.C. communities. Founded in 1977, the annual D.C. Peace Walk commemorates Dr. King’s life and legacy through service and activism — and this year, the historic event will join the call to restore and expand the right to vote.
WHAT: Deliver for Voting Rights Mobilization in D.C. will honor Dr. King’s legacy by urging President Biden and the Senate to eliminate the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation
WHO: Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and Yolanda Renee King in partnership with over 100 leading groups including National Action Network, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Voto Latino, SEIU, MoveOn, Demos, Working Families Party, Sierra Club, MLK Holiday DC Committee, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), and more. Speakers and notable attendees to be announced.