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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY 2024 CELEBRATION
Monday, January 15, 2024 | 10 am – 5 pm | Free Admission for all
Passports Through Time: Exploring Our Civil Rights of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Join ECHO in hosting our 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. This is a free admission day sponsored by the City of Burlington and hosted in collaboration with Clemmons Family Farm with additional programming by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Center. This year’s family-friendly program highlights the tumultuous, brave, and inspiring periods of civil rights history, beginning with the Reconstruction Era of the 1800s up to present and future times. Visit five time capsules to learn about some of the important civil rights milestones and artists of different eras, get your special MLK Day passport stamped, co-create art, and participate in virtual community murals!
OLD NORTH END SHUTTLE INFORMATION
There will be a free shuttle bus running between the Integrated Arts Academy, Sustainability Academy, and ECHO on a 15-minute loop from 10 am – 4 pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult chaperone.
SCHEDULED EVENT
3:00 pm Civil Rights Panel Discussion by the Burlington Multicultural Center
What would Dr. King say if he was still alive today?
Facilitator: Kerin Stackpole
Panelists:
Robert Appel, Former Executive Director of the Vermont Human Rights Council, Civil Rights Advocate
Thato Ratsebe, Associate Director of the Association of Africans Living in Vermont
Kim Carson, Director of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for the City of Burlington
Catarina Campbell, Director of Diversity at Howard Center
Pastor Arnold Thomas, Retiring Pastor of the Good Shepherd Church
ONGOING “TIME CAPSULE” EXPERIENCES WITH CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM
The day will feature ten of Clemmons Family Farm’s fantastic collaborating artists, each in a “time capsule” that highlights civil rights milestones through curated posters that share some of the important backlashes and frontlashes in this history. The time capsule artists will co-create art with you in a way that intentionally helps you experience joy, unity, inspiration, and hope—all of which are important resilience skills for young and for old.
Passports Through Time: Exploring Our Civil Rights of Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow | 10 am-1:30 pm
Passports Through Time: Exploring Our Civil Rights of Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow | 1:30 pm-5 pm
