City of Somerville Virtual MLK Jr. Day Celebration

The City’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony will be held virtually this year with a pre-recorded program. Beginning Monday, January 18, the pre-recorded ceremony will air on City Cable (RCN channel 13 and Comcast channel 22) and the City’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/SomervilleCityTV. The event will include remarks from Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, School Committee Chair Andre Green, and Somerville resident Keidrick Roy; readings from student essays; music from the World Percussion Ensemble; and poetry by Arthur Collins.

The event is organized in cooperation with the City of Somerville’s Health and Human Services Department, Somerville Public Schools, and the Somerville Human Rights Commission.