We organize the Cambridge MLK Day of Service and other service events to encourage civic engagement and community service to help build an equitable and just Cambridge community.
We work with local partners to create and promote special events—from gun buy-back days to flash mobs and workshops. Come partner with us and let’s work together!
We help organize a wide range of racial justice resources and events in partnership with others to bring people together to fight racism and increase equity.
We help register people to vote and support citizen activism and engagement. We partner with others for postcard writing efforts.
The 14th annual Cambridge MLK Day of Service will be held from on Monday, January 15, 2024 (2:00 pm-5:00 pm). As many of you know, we organize one of the largest single-day service events in New England. We’re proud to have become a Cambridge tradition.
We’re excited to be in person for this year’s day of service. Details will be coming soon, but you can expect many of our beloved service projects, as well as opportunties to reflect on Rev. King’s message of racial justice, equality and love.
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Thank you for lending your helping hands! We look forward to seeing you soon!
"Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King began by setting the stage. “I would like to share with you an imaginary letter which comes from the pen of the Apostle Paul, and the postmark reveals that it comes from the island of Crete,” he said, tongue in cheek.
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