Martin Luther King Jr Commemoration
Free refreshments. Live music. Participate in the Friendship Dance with led by Native American drummers. Free.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Free movie screening of the Northern California version of "Not in Our Town: When Hate Happens Here", followed by discussion with speakers connected with the film. For more information on the film, click here.
Park cleanup
Tolerance training co-sponsored by the County Office of Education, where fifty teachers and community members heard from the California Department of Justice, "Not in Our Town", the Anti-Defamation League, Teaching Tolerance.
Click here for historical info.
Our annual commemoration consists of a candlelight walk down Main Street in Placerville, followed by a program and free refreshments. Photos.
Every Martin Luther King day, Placerville's Town Hall on Main Street hosts a candlelight walk (join our Yahoo Group for the time--see HOme page) (bring candles if you can; flashlights for kids), followed by our annual program.
Formed in 1993 in Placerville, California, this human rights group is a non-profit organization unaffiliated with any religious or political group, and made up of volunteers. In response to some actions of hatred and bias in our county, a concerned group of residents joined together to support diversity and the rights of all to exist in a non-threatening, non-prejudicial community.