Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday January 21. Several MLK day activities are being held here in town, including these:

1.      The 2013 MLK Citywide Multicultural Celebration and Worship Program will be held at West High School on Monday, January 21, 2013, 11-2 PM.

2.      2013 Legal Clinic:   Monday, January 21st , 12-6 PM, Mt. View Community Center.  In honor of Martin Luther King Junior, attorneys answer legal questions for free on MLK Day in communities across Alaska. These clinics are for low income Alaskans with civil legal needs that include family, landlord-tenant, and public benefits issues.  This clinic is a public service project of the Alaska Bar Association, Alaska Court System, and Alaska Legal Services Corporation.

3.      50 Bikes For 50 Kids:  Monday, January 21, 2013, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Spenard Recreation Center, 2020 W. 48th Ave.  This is a partnership of the Anchorage Park Foundation and the City Parks & Recreation Department to give disadvantaged youth their first bicycle: Volunteers will assemble bikes and give them away to 50 recipients between ages 9 and 17.

Enjoy the day off from school, and honor Martin Luther King’s birthday and legacy to all. Some facts about this holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The MLK day is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of Martin Luthor King’s birthday, January 15. King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. Martin Luther King was born in 1929 and died in 1968.