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HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2017-01-12 MLK March Town of Leesburg News Release For Immediate Release January 12, 2017 Media Contact: Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer barnett@leesburgva.gov  703-771-2734 25th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March and Celebration Scheduled for Monday, January 16, 2017 Leesburg, VA (January 12, 2017) – The Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March and Celebration will be held on Monday, January 16, 2017. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Community Power for Change and Courage to Create a Just World.” Keynote speaker will be Blake D. Morant, Dean and Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School. The celebration will begin at 9:00am with a “Love to Unity” Community Dialogue at the Douglass Community Center (405 East Market Street, Leesburg). The Community Dialogue will be followed at 10:00am by a special morning program at the Douglass Community Center for those who are unable to participate in the march. The annual Loudoun County MLK March will begin with an invocation on the grounds of the Loudoun County Courthouse in downtown Leesburg at 10:15am. At 10:30am, marchers will proceed from the courthouse on East Market Street to the Douglass Community Center. Individuals, families, churches, and community organizations are invited to participate and walk together during the March. East Market Street, from King Street to Church Street, will be closed at 9:30am in preparation for the March. Once the March begins, the eastbound lanes of East Market Street, from Church Street to the Douglass Community Center, will be closed to traffic. Cross streets will reopen once the March has cleared each intersection. Drivers should follow police direction and be prepared for minor delays. Following the March, refreshments will be served at the Douglass Community Center. At 12:00 p.m., Dean Morant will make his remarks. The founding sponsors for this event are the Loudoun NAACP, Douglass Alumni Association, Bluemont Concert Series, and the Baha’i Community of Loudoun. Individuals, families, schools, businesses, civic and religious organizations are all welcome to participate. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/MLKMarchLeesburg, call 540-955-8186 or email themarch08@yahoo.com. # # #