LA Works MLK Day of Service 2024

Mon Jan 15, 2024
12:00pm to 4:00pm PT
Age: 4 and up (with adult)
Price: Free
Location:
LA Memorial Coliseum

The spirit of Martin Luther King's dream of lives on! LA Works holds a Day of Service Volunteer Festival in honor of MLK Day.

Held at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the event features hands-on activities for volunteers. Areas of need addressed include Homelessness, Education Equity, Food Insecurity, and Economic Opportunity.

Participants can explore different areas at the festival, including:

  • Impact Zones to create blankets, book bundles, job readiness notebooks, food packets, and more to be distributed to nonprofit partners serving vulnerable Angelenos primarily in South LA
     
  • Intergenerational Volunteer Zone for family-friendly volunteer activities
     
  • MLK Legacy Project to create installations for schools and nonprofits across LA
     
  • Minecraft March on Washington video game truck to “meet” and learn about activists from the 1963 march to today
     
  • Sponsor VIP Zone for activities specially designed and led for sponsoring companies.

The event includes special guest speakers and live music. Food and drink available for purchase. Paid parking available on-site.

Adults should sign up to participate. Youth under the age of 18 years do not need to sign up in advance; however, anyone under the age of 18 needs a completed minor waiver to participate. 

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.