MORE THAN 1,000 VOLUNTEERS TO CELEBRATE MLK DAY OF SERVICE AT THE LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM
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Monday, December 19, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- L.A. Works invites the Los Angeles community to kick off 2023 in service at the largest volunteer event in LA commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy. At the LA Memorial Coliseum in 1964, Dr. King addressed 15,000 Angelenos on the issues of race relations and human dignity. In 2023, L.A. Works continues our long tradition of honoring Dr. King's legacy on the national holiday by empowering Angelenos to take collective action in the fight for food and climate justice.
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- SPONSORS INCLUDE: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, California Volunteers (Office of the Governor), Jonathan Club, KCET, LISTOS California, Los Angeles Magazine, NBCUniversal, Kaiser Permanente, Target, Cohn Reznick, Discover Los Angeles, Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects, Los Angeles Football Club, Los Angeles Lakers, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, University of LaVerne, Wescom Foundation, Albertson's, and the Canadian Consulate.
- For more than 30 years, L.A. Works has mobilized Angelenos as volunteers to strengthen the fabric of Los Angeles.
- The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a living memorial to all who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I, has been a civic treasure for generations of Angelenos.
- Located in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, the Coliseum is a 77,500 capacity multi-purpose stadium which opened in 1923.