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Sanctuary of Mind 10-Year Anniversary June 11, 2025

by dbs | Jun 7, 2025 | Activities, Friends! Newsletter, Homelessness, Library-Auditorium, Mental-Health, Misc-Articles, MLK-Library-Friends

Join Friends of the MLK Library for a summit focused on the state of mental health and homelessness in DC, and the unique role of libraries. Wednesday, June 11 · 10am – 3:30pm EDT REGISTER! During this half-day summit hosted by Friends of the MLK Library, we...

DC Ballerina Alexandra Hutchinson is a Nutcracker Dewdrop

by dbs | Jan 2, 2024 | Library-Auditorium, Misc-Articles, MLK-Library-Friends, MLK-Renovation

Homegrown DC ballerina Alexandra Hutchinson, now a principal dancer in Dance Theatre of Harlem, and star of MLK Library Friends’ video Library Reimagined A Tour in Dance (original post Sep 2021, Youtube), is featured in a NYT’s article At City Ballet,...

Bezos Requests MLK Library Auditorium Be Named After Toni Morrison

by dbs | Mar 2, 2022 | Library-Auditorium, MLK-Renovation

Please read Kirit Minhas’ article Following Backlash, Bezos Requests MLK Library Auditorium Be Named After Toni Morrison published February 17, 2022. Following Backlash, Bezos Requests MLK Library Auditorium Be Named After Toni...

Action Items to Rescind Bezos Auditorium Naming

by dbs | Feb 3, 2022 | Library-Auditorium, MLK-Library-Friends, MLK-Renovation

No Bezos Auditorium at MLK! DCPL board is naming the new auditorium at MLK Library after Jeff Bezos. If you do not agree with this action, join the MLK Library Friends Action Steps and follow the news. This post will be updated daily through Feb 9th. Action Steps Send...

Rescind Bezos Auditorium Naming Letter to Board of Trustees

by dbs | Feb 3, 2022 | Library-Auditorium, MLK-Library-Friends, MLK-Renovation

An Open Letter to the DC Public Library Board of TrusteesFrom MLK Library FriendsJanuary 3, 2022 (pdf version) The MLK Library Friends wish to register their objection – in the strongest possible terms – to naming the auditorium of the Martin Luther King Memorial...

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