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Purpose

The purpose of the Statewide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission is to unify and educate communities within the State of Colorado and encourage appropriate observations, ceremonies and activities in commemoration of the federal holiday and state legal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout all the towns, cities, school districts, counties and local governments within Colorado.

MLK Holiday Schedule of Events

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commissions "Marade the Only one of it's kind in the nation

The Marade
Details

Denver City Park
Monday, January 15, 2024

*9:30 a.m. - Opening Ceremony @ City Park

*10:45 a.m.- Marade Step-Off @ City Park

Closing Ceremony and Resource Fair @ Civic Center

Following the Closing Ceremony @ Civic Center- Dr. King Legacy Bike Ride

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Civic Center Park
Entertainment, awards and celebration

Marade Participation Application

Tribute Concert and Humanitarian Awards

Jan. 9, 2024 (7:30-pm) Boettcher Concert Hall

Humanitarian recipients have come from all walks of life, but each has been driven, as Dr. King was, by the desire to help and make the world a better place.

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,
COLORADO HOLIDAY COMMISSION'S 2024 EVENTS

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Our Partners & Supporters

Corporations

United Airlines
Xcel Energy
Freeway Ford
Pinnacol Assurance
Centura Health Colorado

Schools

Dr. MLK Jr. Early College
East High School
Denver Public Schools

Partnerships

Colorado Symphony Orchestra
NAACP
Blacks in Government
ADL
Anti-Defamation League
Colorado Coalition of
Genocide Awareness and Action
Cherishing Life YouthDenver Streets Partnership
Transformation Services
Blair-Caldwell Library
Guardian Angels
Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives
GRASP
GMDMA
Brother Jeff's Cultural Center
TLOD
TTARide for Racial Justice
Real Property Inspections LLC
CollarCandy

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Denver Mayors
Office of Human Rights

State of Colorado
Civil Rights Division

City of Aurora