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SARASOTA – Speakers at Monday’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Newtown addressed the fight for unity and equality in everything we do, and used the afternoon to provide food services for the needy.
Normally featuring a large party kicked off by a delicious indoor breakfast and a unity march along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way to a memorial park named in his honor, this year s event included a scaled back event with a brief presentation because of COVID-19.
Speakers included current and former city commissioners and local leaders, as well as the presentation of awards for individuals who have served the Black community.
It was a smaller but no less spirited Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Newtown on Jan. 18.
Several Sarasota community and government figures came together to speak to King’s legacy and the work still needed to be done in the fight for equality and equity.
The event put on by the Sarasota MLK Community Celebration organization traded its typical breakfast and community march for a presentation and food voucher distribution to people in need due to COVID-19.
The committee presented MLK Community Activist Awards to Michael Kensey; former mayor and commissioner Willie Shaw; Mary Mack, Harvest Tabernacle food bank CEO Eureka Webb; and Second Chance Last Opportunity founder April Glasco.