MLK Day of Service takes new forum during pandemic
MLK Day of Service takes new forum during pandemic By Joyce Peterson | January 18, 2021 at 10:25 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 10:49 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Honoring heroes and helping the community. Each year on the third Monday in January, America honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. This year, no parades or big gatherings because of COVID-19. But the virus couldnât stop Kingâs message on what would have been his 92nd birthday.
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha started the day with a meet up at the âI Am A Manâ monument in downtown Memphis.
City Of Santa Clarita Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The City of Santa Clarita released a video Monday celebrating the life and achievements of the civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 92nd birthday.
On Monday, Jan. 18, Santa Clarita residents were able to join Mayor Bill Miranda, as well as members of the Santa Clarita City Council and the Human Relations Roundtable, for a special video program that explored the life of Dr. King, as well as the wisdom and virtues he championed in the speeches he gave.
After years of emerging as a national civil rights leader, King delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial before over 200,000 people in August of 1963.
The third wave of the coronavirus is continuing to break records in Spain. The Spanish Health Ministry reported that 84,287 new cases had been detected since Friday, the biggest increase recorded on a Monday â when weekend data is also included â since the start of the pandemic. The previous record was set last Monday, when 61,422 new infections were reported
âWe could be reaching the peak of the third wave,â said Fernando Simón, the director of the Health Ministryâs Coordination Center for Health Alerts (CCAES), at a government press conference on Monday. But, he warned, it may be some time before the figures are consolidated, as there is typically underreporting over the weekends. Spain also recorded its highest incidence rate of the pandemic on Monday. The 14-day cumulative number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants is now 689 â nearly triple the 250-threshold considered to be an indicator of extreme risk.