WEATHER UPDATE! 10AM PROGRAM IS ON!

9AM CONNECTION FAIR IS CANCELLED

Natick’s 20th Annual MLK Day Celebration

This local celebration of an important national holiday honors the great life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his mission to promote kindness + justice for all. The theme of Natick's 2025 MLK Day is “inaugurating hope in community.” 2025 marks the 20th annual MLK Day Celebration in Natick.

When: Monday, January 20 from 10-11am

Doors at 9:30am - refreshments provided by Starbucks
MLK Day Program from 10-11AM

Where: Natick High School Auditorium, 15 West Street, Natick

Audience: For ALL AGES, with special focus on being welcoming to families with school aged children

Featuring: This annual event in Natick, open to all, features:

Student musical performances
Middle School Creative Contest winners
Community leaders and partners
Interfaith Clergy representatives
The voices of Sound & Spirit, an intergenerational performance choir
Keynote: “Love is our Conviction” Artists and community builders, Amy and jamele Adams, will provide a journey into the importance of community, our responsibility toward greatness and how it is all based in incomparable love. The journey will be engaging, as it includes live art, poetry and our collective energy!

This year's program is dedicated

in loving memory of our colleague, friend, community partner and neighbor,

Linda Lifsey Hughes.

Our event Know Before You Go is linked here with info about the location and parking details. Please don't hesitate to contact the Natick MLK Day Dream Team at dreamteam@firstchurchnatick.org with any accommodation questions.

Registration is encouraged, but not required, to attend this special event!

Building a Beloved Community

Connection + service + Justice. Each year Natick’s MLK Day Celebration has a highlighted a service project, and an opportunity for connecting with neighbors and community resources. Through the event, community partners also promote additional opportunities for individuals to engage in deeper learning and connection and actions(!) every day to promote justice and inclusion, stand up against racism and injustice in all its forms, amplify kindness, and build the beloved community, a community where everyone belongs.

For more information and for questions, please reach out to the event organizers, Natick MLK Day Dream Team, at dreamteam@firstchurchnatick.org.

Event Partners listed as of 1-15-25