MLK Day activities Monday in the Mahoning Valley: workshop, day of service

MLK events

What’s planned

Public events are planned to celebrate the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday and later in the week in the Mahoning Valley. Here is a listing of some of them:

Workshop: The MLK Planning Committee of Mahoning County will sponsor a workshop from 8:30 a.m. to noon at First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave., Youngstown. Community activists will address Dr. King’s challenge to fight for justice, civility and what is right.

MLK National Day of Service: The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. is taking part in the nationwide MLK Day of Service by sponsoring a volunteer community cleanup. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Day of Service participants will gather near Taft Elementary School on the South Side to address 11 severely blighted vacant homes that are in the direct path of children’s walk to school by boarding the structures and clearing the properties of debris.

Diversity breakfast: Wilson Okello, a Rising Star award winner, will be featured speaker at the MLK diversity breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday at Youngstown State University. Tickets are $15 for the public and $12 for YSU students. For reservations, call the Rev. William Blake at 330-941-2086.

Selma Memorial March: The event will be at 3 p.m. March 1 starting at Tyler Historical Center, 325 W. Federal St., Youngstown. For information, call Penny Wells at 330-207-4467.