King Holiday Observance: A Day of Service, Not a Day Off
By Susan Galpin-Tyree
The Arizona Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee will celebrate its 37th year of promoting cultural diversity, awareness, and unity as it seeks to involve all Arizonans in recognizing the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the contributions he left to the world in his quest for equality for all people.
Monday, January 16, 2023
Various locations
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is an official day of service and celebrates the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. It is a defining moment each year when Americans across the country step up to make our communities more equitable and take action to build the Dr. King's Beloved Community.
We can also honor Dr. King by taking a quiet moment to read the Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem.
A man went forth with gifts.
He was a prose poem. He was a tragic grace. He was a warm music.
He tried to heal the vivid volcanoes His ashes are reading the world.
His Dream still wishes to anoint the barricades of faith and of control.
His word still burns the center of the sun above the thousands and the hundred thousands.
The word was Justice. It was spoken.
So it shall be spoken. So it shall be done.
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