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Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/04/2024
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
King Park
Categories
From the organizer: “This afternoon’s/evening’s Peace March (from King Park to Douglass Center) has been postponed due to adverse weather. Will share the date and details as plans take shape for dedication of the Peace Pole (which you can see at the corner of Lincoln Ave and Wascher Drive).”
The Urbana Park District is hosting the Martin Luther King Day Peace March on April 4, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The march takes place on the 56th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination.
Originally scheduled for January 15th (King’s birthday), the event was postponed due to weather. The Peace March will now be on April 4 going forward.
People can meet at King Park (915 W. Wascher Drive) at 5:30 p.m. Tim Bartlett, Urbana Park District Executive Director, will read a Call to Peace, followed by remarks from Mayor Diane Marlin and Michael Walker, Urbana Park District Commissioner. Barbara Jones, Urbana Rotary Club President, will unveil a new work of art – the Peace Pole by artist Lisa Kesler. JaNelle Davenport-Pleasure will serve as our Poet Laureate. She will give a peace message, followed by a peace message from Urbana Police Chief Larry Boone.
The group will then march (or ride) over to the Douglass Center in Champaign. At 6:30, Champaign Park District Executive Director, Sarah Sandquist, will read a Call to Peace. Mayor Deb Feinen and others will make remarks. There will be a Peace Focus from Urbana Free Library and a MLK Exhibit at the Douglass Center. The event will conclude at 7 p.m. Busses will take people back to King Park in Urbana, as needed.
Everyone is welcome to attend!