MLK Jr. Multicultural Rally

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MLK Jr. Multicultural Rally EST. 1995
The Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Rally was Founded in Honor of Keeping the Dream Alive

10/05/2026

“The light isn’t coming.”

Nida Liftawiya is a Palestinian activist, multidisciplinary artist, social worker, and educator whose work is rooted in the heritage, resilience, and beauty of her homeland. Through visual, literary, and performance art, she preserves cultural identity while using creativity as an instrument for justice.

This January, Nida stood before Oakland and shared her light.

How do you ignite your own light?

Next year, on Monday, January 18, 2027, hundreds of those lights will gather again.

More voices. More cultures. More wonder. Greater dreams of what our community can become when everyone has a place in it.

✦ Food
✦ Special Guests
✦ Live Performances + Singers
✦ Bike Giveaway
✦ Meet, Greet & Join Community Changemakers
✦ A Free Day for the Whole Family!

The 36th Annual MLK Jr. Multicultural Rally is coming.

✨ Bring your light. Save a seat for you and your loved ones through the link in our bio.

🌟 Oaktown!Our Annual Back-to-School BBQ was filled with happy bellies, joyful hearts, new friendships, cheeky smiles, an...
09/21/2026

🌟 Oaktown!

Our Annual Back-to-School BBQ was filled with happy bellies, joyful hearts, new friendships, cheeky smiles, and one extremely happy bike that found a new family to call home. Thank you! ✨💛

To every family and new friend who joined us at the table, thank you for bringing your laughter, your love, and your immense dreams for brighter days ahead. By showing up, you helped us continue giving back to Oakland children who need it most and remind every young person that their dreams are possible.

With grateful hearts, we celebrate:

✦ CalFresh — Venus and Maria
✦ Whole Foods Market Team — Maisha
✦ Trader Joe’s Lakeshore Team
✦ Black Men’s Chess League — Chris, Jason, and Profhit
✦ Kingmakers of Oakland — Khalil
✦ Youth Speaks — Darius and T.O.A.
✦ Our devoted volunteers and Cheermakers, Irene, Sally, and Derek

Thank you for planting seeds of joyful change and magic throughout Oaktown! Oakland is love in action. ✨

⭐ Registration is now open, but space is limited! Save your seat for our biggest celebration of the year: our 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Rally on Monday, January 18, 2027.

Bring your children, invite your neighbors, and join us for a joyful day of community, culture, and celebration—with special guests, a new bike looking for a new home, music, performances, family fun, prizes, and surprises at our grandest celebration yet!

Save your family a seat while space remains using the link in our bio.

♥️ Let’s celebrate and keep the Dream alive—just as we have since 1995! 🍿🎉

🚨 NEW LOCATION ALERT, OAKLAND! 🚨Because the party has gotten bigger… we needed a little more room! 🎒☀️🎉Our Back-to-Schoo...
08/28/2026

🚨 NEW LOCATION ALERT, OAKLAND! 🚨

Because the party has gotten bigger… we needed a little more room! 🎒☀️🎉

Our Back-to-School Community BBQ & Backpack Giveaway is moving to Ira Jinkins Recreation Center this Saturday, August 29!

And somehow, the day just got even bigger. ✨

Right next door, Brookfield Branch Library is celebrating its GRAND REOPENING after more than a year of renovations with children’s performances, arts + crafts, cupcakes, snacks, free family activities, and a beautiful new outdoor programming space! 📚🎨🧁

🎉 ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE BIG DAY.

🎒 FREE BACKPACKS
🍔 FREE FOOD
♟️ CHESS
🎯 GAMES + BRAIN CHALLENGES
🎁 PRIZES + GIVEAWAYS
🚲 BIKE RAFFLE
🎨 ARTS + CRAFTS
🎭 CHILDREN’S PERFORMANCES
🧁 CUPCAKES + SNACKS
📚 A GRAND LIBRARY REOPENING!

Plus, at 1 PM, join the Brookfield Branch ribbon cutting with Mayor Barbara Lee and Councilmember Ken Houston. ✂️✨

📍 NEW LOCATION: Ira Jinkins Recreation Center
🎂 9175 Edes Avenue, Oakland, CA 94603
📅 Saturday, August 29
☀️ MLK Community BBQ: 11 AM–2 PM

♟️ A special thank you to the Black Men’s Chess League!

We are especially grateful to the Black Men’s Chess League for bringing more than a game to our community table. Through chess, mentorship, fellowship, and the simple act of showing up for our young people, you remind us that every child deserves spaces where their mind is challenged, their potential is encouraged, and they know that their community believes in them.

Thank you for sharing your time, your boards, your wisdom, and your presence with Oakland’s children and families. We are honored to have you be part of this day!♟️💛

The party got bigger. The neighborhood got together. There’s room for you too. 💛✨

Please share our new location and bring the whole family!

Could somebody win a bike?🚲✨Oakland! Are you ready?✓ 🍔 Free Food✓ 🎒 Free Backpacks✓ 📚 Reading + Books✓ ♟️ Chess✓ 🎯 Games...
08/26/2026

Could somebody win a bike?🚲✨

Oakland! Are you ready?

✓ 🍔 Free Food
✓ 🎒 Free Backpacks
✓ 📚 Reading + Books
✓ ♟️ Chess
✓ 🎯 Games
✓ 🧩 Art & Crafts
✓ 🚲 Bike Raffle
✓ ☀️ A Day by the Lake

Come for the backpack.
Stay for the stories.
Share a bite.
Share fun with your fantastic neighbors!

Sometimes the best part of going back to school isn’t what you carry home.

It’s what you discover along the way. ⭐

🎟️ RSVP & save your seat at the table with the link in our bio.



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08/17/2026

For more than three decades, this is why we keep on going. Every meeting our longtime Committee member Miss Cecilia enters, she upholds an unshakeable faith despite seeing woes on her porch.

Join Miss Cecilia and our Team at our annual Back to School BBQ Backpack Giveaway on Saturday, August 29th. RSVP with the link in our bio for brighter days to top off our Summer adventures with free backpacks, a bike raffle, and community potlucking time on Lake Merritt shore!

Help us in wishing a big Happy Birthday to Miss Cecilia and thank you for keeping the Dream alive.

07/26/2026

How exactly was Dr. King as a Father?

While history remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader, his children remembered him as “Daddy.”

☁️ He Was Playful

Yolanda King, Dr. King’s eldest daughter, described her father as warm, humorous, and playful. She recalled him teaching her how to swim, joking around at the dinner table, and making time for laughter whenever he was home.

She often drew a distinction between “Dr. King,” the public leader, and “Daddy,” the father she knew and loved.

☁️ The Kissing Game

After long trips away from home, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would call out his children’s names. Each child had a designated spot to kiss on his face.

“I would run up into his arms and he would say, ‘Okay, we’re going to play the kissing game today,’” Bernice King said. “He would say, ‘Where is it?’ and he would go through everybody’s name, and I would kiss him on each one of those spots.”

Bernice King’s spot was her father’s forehead.

Five years her senior, brother Martin King III remembered throwing a ball with his dad and younger brother Dexter. King remembered how his father taught him and most of his siblings how to swim at the YMCA, and remembered traveling with his father as he crusaded for justice.

⭐️ For 35 years, the Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Rally Committee has been honored to serve our community and celebrate the individuals who help shape future generations through their love, guidance, sacrifice, and example.

What’s the best advice you’ve received from a Father figure?

04/14/2026

On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. almost didn’t attend the Memphis rally. Exhausted and under threat, he initially stayed behind—until a call came urging him that the people were waiting.

That night, he spoke anyway.
“I’ve been to the mountaintop…”

Less than 24 hours later, he was gone.

Yet his words remain—reminding us that even in moments of uncertainty, showing up still matters. It only takes one small step to keep the Dream alive.

🏔️ What moment in your life was your mountaintop?

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P. O. Box 14993
Oakland, CA
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