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Instead of Watching a Racist Get Inaugurated on MLK Day, Let’s Spend the Day in Service to Our Communities
Anything going on next week?
Oh, yeah. We’re getting a new president.
Are you planning on watching our first convicted felon president get inaugurated on Monday?
You know what else Monday is, don’t you?
Martin Luther King Day.
That’s right — we’re inaugurating a racist on a national holiday commemorating the revered civil rights icon.
If someone were to write it, it would be too implausible to believe.
But here we are.
In case you’re one of the growing throng planning to refuse to dignify the corporate media networks with more ratings Monday afternoon, there are things you can do to keep your blood pressure in check and fulfill the call to service to which Dr. King dedicated his life.
First, Americorps offers many opportunities to volunteer delivering food to the food insecure and/or transportation limited, providing unhoused individuals with winter clothes, or donating hygiene products and clothing to local shelters.
Also offering volunteer opportunities is the “Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change” (aka, “The King…
