Please join Pease Park Conservancy for the Annual Community March celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy while uplifting diversity and multi-culturalism in Austin. The MLK Community March kicks off on Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9 a.m. with a short program at the MLK Statue on the University of Texas campus..

We will then march to the historic Huston-Tillotson University, where exciting activities are planned. All individuals are invited to join Pease Park Conservancy to march and celebrate Dr. King’s legacy.

This year, marchers are asked to help by donating canned goods or non-perishable food items, which will be donated to the Central Texas Food Bank. Help to give to those in need by helping the Central Texas Food Bank fill their shelves with non-perishable food items. “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Donation receptacles will be available at The University of Texas and the Capitol, while the march is in those locations. Receptacles will also be available at the festival at Huston-Tillotson University.

Please follow these guidelines when considering what to donate:

• Healthy, non-perishable foods

• Items with intact, un-opened, consumer or commercial packaging

• Items with non-breakable packaging (no glass, please)

• Food within the expiration date on the packaging

• Food from your community or backyard garden

• Canned meats like tuna, stew, and chili (pop-tops preferred)

• Canned Vegetables

• Pasta and pasta sauce

• Beans

• Healthy cereals

• Peanut butter

All events are organized by the Austin Area Heritage Council.

Please plan to join PPC for this year’s celebration. We will meet near the MLK statue on the UT campus.