The Discovery Center announced plans to host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
More information is available at https://explorethedc.org/mlkday/.
Visitors will celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and story through arts, culture, and much more. The museum will welcome Harlem Globetrotters star Scooter Christensen who will lead a Unity March with kids and families.
Other special activities during the event (various times, subject to change) are:
- Create-your-own origami peace doves
- Celebrating Equality & Diversity skin tones collaborative mural
- Voting rights booth
- “I Have a Dream” art project
- Silhouette portraits with artist Mary Watkins
- Unity march sign creation and outdoor march (weather permitting)
- Civil rights storytime
- “Our Friend, Martin” film screenings
- African music and display by Nananom African Heritage
Event sponsored by the Nissan Foundation.
