Statewide Martin Luther King Jr. Day ecumenical service set for virtual audience
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January 18, 2021 - 12:30 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission will host the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Ecumenical Service to a statewide audience Monday.
The Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA) recently announced it will be done virtually due to COVID-19 and will be broadcasted from WV Public Broadcasting, the West Virginia Channel at 8 p.m. The service will also be HHOMA Facebook page at 9:30 a.m.
“We are looking at the positives of this virtual program. In the fact that we are going to be able to reach a lot more people around the state. Just already with our social media posts, it has reached thousands of people,” Commission Chair and HHOMA Executive Director Jill Upson told MetroNews.