Here are some of the virtual events and volunteer opportunities happening around Pittsburgh to celebrate Martin Luther King Junior Day on Jan. 18, 2021.
VIRTUAL EVENT // Poetry Unplugged
Organized by August Wilson Center
Date & time: Friday, Jan. 15@ 8 pm
Tickets: $10.00
More info: August Wilson Center Facebook event.
VIRTUAL EVENT // Street Art and Agitprops Workshop with artist DS Kinsel
Organized by: Repair the World Pittsburgh
Date & time: Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 @ 11 am
More info: Register on the Repair the World website here.
VIRTUAL CONCERT // 14th Annual Let Freedom Sing
Organized by: Pittsburgh area choirs
Date & time: Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 @ 7 pm
More info: The concert will be streamed online at letfreedomsing.net.
VIRTUAL EVENT // Binds and Bonds: Processing Trauma with Art with Dafna Rehavia, Artist, Counselor, and Art Psychotherapist
Organized by: Repair the World Pittsburgh
Date & time: Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 @ 1 pm
More info: Register on the Repair the World website here.
VIRTUAL EVENT // Repair Families: Power of the Pen on MLK Day
Organized by: Repair the World Pittsburgh
Date & time: Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 @ 9 am
More info: Register on the Repair the World website here.
VIRTUAL EVENT // How to Talk to Your Children About Race
Organized by: United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Date & time: Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 @ 9 am
More info: United Way’s Facebook EVENT
VIRTUAL EVENT // Social Media as a Tool for Social Change
Organized by: United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Date & time: Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 @ 11 am
More info: United Way’s Facebook EVENT
VIRTUAL EVENT // KST’S MLK Day Celebration, Living the Legacy
Organized by: Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Date & time: Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 @ 11 am
More info: Kelly Strayhorn Theater website
VIRTUAL EVENT // Virtual Bedtime Story: “Superheroes Are Everywhere” by Kamala Harris
Organized by: Literacy Pittsburgh
Date & time: Monday, Jan. 18, 2021
More info: Literacy Pittsburgh Facebook event
[If you are looking to pick up some books, check out our list of independent bookstores in Pittsburgh!]
VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER // Hello Neighbor Day of Service
Hello Neighbor is looking for volunteers to write birthday cards and sew facemasks.
Organized by: Hello Neighbor
Date: Monday, Jan. 18, 2021
More info: Hello Neighbor’s Mobilize.us page
[Learn more about Hello Neighbor on Episode 31 of our podcast]
GIVE // Book Drive for Diversity
Organized by: United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Sign up online and you will be emailed a link to purchase selected titles.
More info: United Way’s Facebook event
More Local MLK Day resources
READ: The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh a list of children’s books about Martin Luther King’s legacy.
VOLUNTEER: Looking for more volunteer opportunities? Check out the Pittsburgh Cares website.
PHOTOS: The Post-Gazette has an archive of photos of Martin Luther King Jr. visits to Pittsburgh.
