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Monday, January 20, 2020 is Dr MLK Day! 
Please get out with your family and Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Dr. King.

- The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis • Monday, January 20, 2020 • Stories about courageous children from civil rights movement. • Music from The Griot Drum Ensemble and the Freetown Village Singers

- Indiana Historical Society • Monday, January 20th, 2020 • Free admission provides access to IHS’s award-winning Indiana Experience, including its newest exhibit, You Are There 1915: Madam C.J. Walker, Empowering Women. • Guests can learn about civil rights prior to Dr. King’s time when Susan Hall Dotson, IHS coordinator for African American History, leads a discussion about Madam C.J. Walker’s activism. • Griot Drum Ensemble returns with its high-energy Africaninfluenced drumming, dancing and storytelling. • Homelessness service day where families can help pack supplies and learn about homelessness.

- Rhythm Discovery Center • Monday, January 20th, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Enjoy the galleries and find your own rhythm. • Free admission to the Rhythm Discovery Center.

- Free MLK Day Museum Admission at White River State Park Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art • Monday, January 20, 2020 • Please bring a non perishable food item to donate for Gleaners Food Bank

- Indiana State Museum • Monday, January 20, 2020, 10 am – 5 pm. • Please bring a non perishable food item to donate for Gleaners Food Bank. • Highlights from King speeches will be featured throughout the day. • Human rights activities • Dream mural • Little ones can visit the new preschool and toddler area, Firefly Landing.

- NCAA Hall of Fame • Monday, January 20, 2020. • Please bring a non perishable food item to donate for Gleaners Food Bank

- The Indianapolis Zoo at White River State Park • Monday, January 20, 2020, 9 am – 4 pm. • Please bring a non perishable food item to donate for Gleaners Food Bank • See some of the animals including sea lions, tigers, walrus, brown bears and others. • Duck in to the indoor exhibits; Oceans, Dolphin Dome, Deserts Dome, Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center and Hilbert Conservatory. • Watch the Dolphin Show

- Free Museum Admission in Hamilton County Conner Prairie • Monday, January 20, 2020. • Experience Freedom Summer: 1964 • Enjoy the indoor areas; Makesmith Workshop and Discovery Station.

- 2020 Dr. King Day of Service at Watkins Park • Monday, January 20, 2020, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. • Volunteers are invited to help with various indoor and outdoor projects to support the Watkins Park Family Center, and the neighborhoods along Edgemont Ave. • Free, all ages event. • Watkins Family Park, 2360 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Street, Indianapolis, IN

- MLK Day Self-guided Hike at Eagle Creek Park • Test your knowledge on a self-guided MLK Day Hike. Pick up a quiz at the Earth Discovery Center and head out for an easy ½ mile hike to see if you can discover the answers. • Enjoy the peace of the forest in winter as you read some of Martin Luther King’s many memorable words and learn about his life and legacy. • Free. No park admission fees on this day. • 7840 W. 56th St, Indianapolis, IN

- MLK Day Celebration at Garfield Park Indianapolis • Meet at the Garfield Park Arts Center to learn more about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. • Create a craft in the art room. • This is a free, all ages event. • 2432 Conservatory Dr, Indianapolis, IN 

- Kennedy King Park Center MLK Event • Free, all ages event. • Celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by helping others through a Day of Service at the Kennedy King Park Center, located in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. • Watch video of the historic speech delivered in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968, hear from someone who was in the park during that speech. • Participate in a “Love and Peace” art project, and assemble Street Outreach Survival Kits on behalf of Horizon House. • Kennedy King Park Center, 601 E. 17th Street, Indianapolis, IN


Thursday, January 23, 2020
Celebrating 99 years of Frederick Douglass Park
Thursday January 23, 2020
Little Bethel Baptist Church
3276 N. Winthrop Ave. 46205
6:30 pm   
Join IUPUI Anthropology Professor Paul Mullins and a group of current and former Martindale Brightwood Residents for a panel discussion on the history, current conditions and vision for Indianapolis' Frederick Douglass Park.