Holiday Events
2017 Theme: A Time for Change Is Now
Federal Holiday Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – Monday, January 16, 2017
The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Coalition organizes the following events in Oklahoma City on the King Holiday (the third Monday in January). For details of each event, click the title (orange link). These featured events are free to attend (fee for parade participation).
Download flyer with the full holiday events schedule.
Student Essay and Poster Contest
Deadline for 2017: December 15, 2016, no later than 2:30 pm. Deadline extended!
The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Coalition of Oklahoma City established an Essay and Poster Contest in 2016 for elementary, middle, and high school students
Cross-Cultural Program
Sunday preceeding the Holiday, 6:00 PM
Temple B’nai Israel, 4901 N. Pennsylvania Avenue
Job Fair
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Douglas High School, 900 N. MLK.
Opening Ceremony and Silent March
9:00 AM at Freedom Center
2609 N. Martin Luther King Ave., Oklahoma City
Bell Ringing
11:00 AM at Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Holiday Program
12:15 PM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 127 NW 7th
Parade
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Registration info. Map.
All King Holiday events, those we organize and those organized by other organizations, in which you may be interested, are included on the flyer you can download.