Virtual MLK Day celebration to share ‘importance of nonviolent social change’ - Gainesville Times

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Virtual MLK Day celebration to share ‘importance of nonviolent social change’

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. - photo by Associated Press

MLK dream.jpg — Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. - photo by Associated Press

Teachable moments can be used to inspire positive change in communities, and the Newtown Florist Club, a Gainesville civil rights organization, aims to do just that with its Martin Luther King Jr. Day virtual celebration.