We Are the Dream: Affirming the Legacy of Martin Luther King through A Day of Art and Celebration
Monday, January 16 | 10 am – 5 pm | Free Admission for all
More info: https://www.echovermont.org/events-programs/mlk-day/

Join ECHO in hosting our 11th 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.

Through musical performances, the City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign temporary exhibit, and visual art and spoken word activities curated by Clemmons Family Farm's network of Vermont African-American/African Diaspora Artists, guests will explore this year's theme, We Are the Dream: Affirming the Legacy of Martin Luther King through A Day of Art and Celebration. Guests will also have the opportunity to participate in walk-up craft activities curated by ECHO and a civil rights panel curated by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Center.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

10:30 am
Rhymes of The Dream: An MLK Day Spoken Word Co-Creation Session with Omega Jade
Paint the Dream: A MLK Day Mural Painting Event for Kids with Julio Desmont

11:15 am
Sounds of The Dream: An MLK Day Music Co-Creation Session with Kenroy Walker

12:00 pm
Rhythms of The Dream: An MLK Day Song, Music, and Dance Performance by Clemmons Family Farm with
Edwin Owusu, MC
Kerubo Webster, Musician
Mikahely, Musician
Sekhmet (Yvonne Brunot), Dancer

1:30 pm
Sounds of The Dream: An MLK Day Music Co-Creation Session with Kenroy Walker
Paint the Dream: A MLK Day Mural Painting Event for Kids with PK Silver

2:15 pm
Rhymes of The Dream: An MLK Day Spoken Word Co-Creation Session with Toussaint St. Negritude

3:00 pm
Civil Rights Panel by the Greater Burlington Multicultural Center with
Robert Appel, Former Director of the Vermont Human Rights Commission
Kim Carson, City of Burlington, Director of Racial Equity
Emiliano Void, Black Experience Organizer
Julia Torti, U.S. Attorney, Civil Rights Office
Pastor Arnold Thomas
James Duff Lyall, Vermont American Civil Liberties Union

Additional family-friendly walk-up activities will be available from 10 am to 5 pm.

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