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b'Monday January 17th marks the 27th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service - the largest service event marking the King Holiday in the Nation. I speak with its founder and the Executive Director of Global Citizen, Todd Bernstein. Bernstein fills us in on the events of the day including thousands of service projects, a virtual job fair with real jobs and a COVID 19 Vaccine and testing clinic also offering free flu shots.
https://mlkdayofservice.org/

First, The African American Museum in Philadelphia will host Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\'s Legacy through the Lens of Black Excellence and Achievement with the African American Children\'s Book Project with award winning children\'s book author Leah Henderson. I had a wide-ranging chat with Henderson about her work and the importance of children\'s literature that reflects Black Excellence. Her talk will take place Monday January 17th from 1-1:30 pm. For information on this and all the events happening at AAMP during MLK weekend you can go to www.aampmuseum.org/mlk. Also, thanks to a 30K contribution from the Citizens Charitable Foundation, all MLK Day (January 17) programming will be free to the public, with $2 admission on January 15 and 16. To find out more about Leah Henderson\\u2019s work go to:
http://www.leahhendersonbooks.com/'