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three ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Day that honor his legacy.

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Music and culture. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw. Since Martin Luther King Day is coming right up, I wanted to share with you some events that are going on here in Arizona, but also in Utah and Idaho.

So throughout the episode, I'll be pausing to share those events, but I wanted to start with the ones in Arizona.

There are quite a few, and I picked just three of them.

The first one is the East Valley Dr. Martin Luther King

Jr. parade and festival. That's here in downtown Mesa on Monday, January 20th at 11 a.m.

The second is Martin Luther King Day March, which starts at 9 a.m. on Monday, January 20th,

and it starts at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church on 15th Street in

Jefferson down in Phoenix. So everybody meets at the church at 8.30 a.m. And then you march through

the streets of Phoenix all the way down to the Margaret T. Hans Park. And at the park, you will be greeted with a giant festival.

I've been before. We went when I was very young as a child, and I just remember food and

celebration, but also a great atmosphere of, like, somber remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther

King. The third event goes right along with that

March and it's the festival that I just mentioned. If you aren't up for the march or you can't make it,

the festival is at the park and it starts at 10 and goes all the way till 4 p.m. So you can go any time

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