MLK march returns to Albuquerque for first time since pandemic

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – This weekend many are celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. forward of the vacation on Monday.

The MLK Commemorative March was in full drive Saturday morning, and other people had been able to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Oh it’s thrilling,” mentioned Printice McGlory, an Omega Psi Phi state consultant. 

Completely different teams, organizations, and other people of all ages all got here collectively to march for various causes in honor of Dr. King, and it’s been some time since individuals have been capable of come out to this march.

“It’s been two years now that they haven’t performed the march,” mentioned Joseph Sanchez, state director of New Mexico AARP. 

That is the primary march again for the reason that pandemic, and many individuals are discovering methods to actually march with a objective, particularly the youthful era. They are saying it’s not simply this weekend that Dr. King Jr’s message needs to be unfold.

“Whereas it’s empowering, I feel it’s vital to do not forget that it’s not simply this weekend or tomorrow, it’s an on a regular basis motion,” mentioned a UNM Zeta Phi Theta sorority scholar.

Households and teams marched all the way in which from UNM to Civic Plaza on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

An occasion that individuals say can carry everybody collectively, regardless of who you’re.

“The varied neighborhood, everybody supporting no matter their explicit mission is in the neighborhood, whether or not it’s the homeless, poor, variety, African People, Hispanics, white, it doesn’t matter — that’s what Martin Luther King conjures up,” mentioned McGlory. 

Marchers had been met with distributors, meals vans, and an entire program on MLK for the remainder of the morning to kick off this weekend of celebration.