Statewide Martin Luther King Jr. Day ecumenical service set for virtual audience By
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.
The Dr. King essay contest winners will also be presented during the virtual
WHEN: The Celebration will air for two weeks beginning Monday, January 18 at 7p.m. on Capitol TV, Cox Channel 15 and Verizon Channel 34. Viewers can also live stream the presentation on RILegislature.gov/Capitol TV on Channel 1.
Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission was created administer, in conjunction with the federal Martin Luther King Day Commission and the Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, an appropriate celebration to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the annual observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, which is observed on the third Monday in January each year.
From STAFF REPORTS
The student winners from the Project on Racism Contest and 37th Annual Poster Competition, sponsored by the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs, includes several students from the Northern Panhandle.
The Project on Racism Contest was presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission and the YWCA Wheeling. Entries were accepted for essays, music, and five-minute films and was open to any student from grades 1-12 attending public, private, parochial, or home school in West Virginia. “The young people in our state have creativity and passion,” said HHOMA Executive Director and Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission Chair Jill Upson. “We are honored to take part in recognizing them, what they have to say and what they have achieved.”
From staff reports
WEIRTON Dunbar Recreation Center will celebrate its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March on Monday.
The walk will begin at 11 a.m. at Christ the King Worship Center on Weir Avenue and end at the center, located at 300 Kressel St. at the corner of Weir Avenue and Kressel Street.
Following the march, a light lunch will be served.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the yearly program will not be a part of the observance. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and participants are asked to wear masks. For those who do not have a mask, one will be provided.
From staff reports
REMEMBERING MLK â James Baber, president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association, reviews with the Rev. Buena Dudley Paschall, pastor of Quinn Memorial A.M.E. Church in Steubenville, plans for a virtual memorial service at 6 p.m. Sunday at Mount Carmel Community Baptist Church. (Photo by Janice Kiaski)
STEUBENVILLE While the COVID-19 pandemic will impact how Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed locally, it will in no way lessen the importance of remembering and celebrating the life and legacy of the civil rights leader who was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn.
The MLK Youth and Children’s Program will be marked Saturday at the Sycamore Youth Center at 301 N. Fourth St., beginning at 9:30 a.m., and include a variety of service projects, the memorial service moves to a virtual platform with the service set for 6 p.m. Sunday at Mount Carmel Community Baptist Church.