Giving Back on MLK Day 🕊

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🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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🌟Special kid takeover featuring Miles, 11 years old 🕊 When did Martin Luther King Day come to be recognized as a national day of service? 🎮 Did you know there's a Minecraft March on Washington in honor of MLK Day this year!? 🏀 How has former NBA player Shelden Williams dedicated his life to giving back to his community since retiring from basketball? 🧙🏻‍♂️ Any Harry Potter fans out there? See if you can guess the answer to the Trivia Question of the Day. 🕊Learn 6 ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with kids this year 🎮 Did you know there's a Minecraft March on Washington in honor of MLK Day this year!? 🧙🏻‍♂️ Find out what almost stopped J.K. Rowling from writing the Harry Potter book series 🎇 Join us on Instagram 💌 We love email! Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Hey, Tenors!
0:02.0	I'm Miles Crooks.
0:03.0	I'm 11 years old and I'm standing in for Bethany Vandelle on today's The Ten News.
0:07.8	This episode is about service to our communities and to ourselves, so I'm here to help.
0:15.0	Okay, let's get into the Ten News.
0:17.0	10, 9, 8, 7, 6. 5. 4.
0:21.0	3.
0:21.6	1.
0:24.5	January 18th is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
0:27.9	On National Day of Service.
0:29.7	Corresponding, Anya Schultz, has more.
0:33.5	Next Monday is a holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the pastor from Georgia who became an
0:40.7	important leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. MLK Day is a special holiday
0:48.2	because it's a day to give back. MLK Day is the only federal holiday that's officially a day of service.
0:56.7	That means it's a day when people are encouraged to volunteer in their community.
1:01.5	That could mean delivering meals to the elderly, donating clothes, or cleaning up a
1:06.3	neighborhood park.
1:07.6	It's a fitting way to celebrate Dr. King's legacy.
1:14.0	He dedicated his life to serving others and working for justice and equality for all. Dr. King advocated for change through nonviolent means.
1:21.2	That means instead of fighting with violence, he fought with his voice and his words, and with the
1:26.9	power of people working together for a common goal.
1:30.0	We will come to that great and glad day when men all over the world will be able to join hands black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles,
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