Though the Alamo City’s historic march has been canceled, there are other ways to commemorate the legacy of Dr. King.
SAN ANTONIO — The newest surge in coronavirus instances pressured San Antonio to pump the brakes on its official Martin Luther King Jr. Day march, the largest occasion of its sort within the nation, for the second year in a row.
But even with an in-person march canceled, leaders with the San Antonio MLK Jr. Commission mentioned there are other ways for the neighborhood to mark the event and legacy of the civil rights icon.
It begins with a kickoff information convention at 9:30 a.m. at Pittman-Sullivan Park, which households can watch by way of the commission’s Facebook page. Mayor Ron Nirenberg will seem, as will District 2 City Councilmember Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Metro Health Director Claude Jacob and the digital march’s keynote speaker, activist Crystal Mason.
The metropolis can also be encouraging those that are actively commemorating King on Monday to share footage on social media with the hashtag #MLKDaySA.
Community service
Commission officers inspired residents to discover and participate in native service tasks unfolding within the Alamo City and Bexar County at giant, as long as they’re carried out safely and in small teams.
Revisit a earlier march in digital kind
As with final year, San Antonians may have the possibility to watch a movie concerning the metropolis’s MLK Day March in the event that they tune in to TVSA from 10 a.m. to midday on Monday.
Last year’s film, “Dream: Rising Up for Justice,” was created by south Texas filmmaker Ya’ke Smith and was designed to comply with the march’s route whereas showcasing interviews from native leaders and neighborhood representatives. The similar movie has been constructed upon to tackle the problems of voting rights and the persevering with pandemic.
Pandemic response
Instead of serving because the headquarters location for this year’s now-canceled march, the east facet’s Pittman-Sullivan Park will play host to a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for San Antonio residents who nonetheless want to be immunized. Stop by from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The pandemic has additionally depleted the availability at blood banks in San Antonio and throughout the U.S. So neighborhood members are additionally inspired to donate on the Dr. Charles Drew Mobile Blood Drive, additionally scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the park.
MLK Jr. award winners introduced
This year’s winners of three neighborhood honors – the Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Achievement award, the Reverend Dr. R.A. Callies Sr. Courage award and the Baha’i Unity of Humanity award – can be introduced via the commission’s website.
Looking forward…
More occasions have been pushed to April in gentle of the march’s cancellation, together with the MLK Youth Summit, now scheduled for April 2, and the annual wreath-laying ceremony, now scheduled for April 3, the day earlier than the anniversary of King’s assassination in 1968.