Spring 2022

by | Jan 16, 2022 | Homelessness

As we experience a bitter blast of winter cold, the unhoused come to mind. The MLK Library Friends hope to reprise our 2014 “Sanctuary of Mind” conference about homelessness and libraries with new programming in the spring. More details to follow as that...

MLK Day, National Holiday, Monday January 17

by | Jan 15, 2022 | Holidays

As we head into MLK Day 2022, we find ourselves still under a cloud of COVID, unable to gather together indoors in large numbers. Even the out-of-doors Peace Walk is at risk from a snowstorm!  Whatever the weather, Chair of the DC Council Library Committee Trayon...

National Day of Racial Healing -Jan 18th

by | Jan 14, 2022 | Holidays

Tuesday January 18 Free live premiere of the National Day of Racial Healing on Jan. 18 at 3pm, presented by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Libraries are a natural hub for racial healing. Check out the event and let us know what you think about how MLK Friends can help...

MLK Library Nominated for Award for Adaptive Re-Use

by | Jan 13, 2022 | MLK-Renovation

American-Architects.com has nominated our modernized Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library for Building of the Year 2021 based on their US Building of the Week feature. MLK Library is one among 44 selected projects. Read the article and vote ...