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Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, 5k Run / Walk and Festival

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Join us on Harbor Drive for the 43rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, 5k Run / Walk and Festival. This is one of the largest celebrations of its kind in the United States in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. The parade is filled with dazzling floats, phenomenal High School Bands, Drill Teams, Colleges / Universities, Fraternities & Sororities, Churches, Civic, Peace and Youth organizations. This event is coordinated by the Zeta Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the oldest African American fraternity in America, founded in 1906. The seven men who founded this organization at Cornell University in Ithaca New York recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. Dr. King was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. Come and join your community and help continue the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. This event supports scholarship funding for youth in San Diego.

Location: We'd like our event to begin at the corner of Grape and Harbor Dr.. We'd also like the parade to travel southbound down Harbor Dr., left on Pacific Hwy, disbanding near Embassy Suites / Seaport Village. We'd like a stage set up on the southbound side of Harbor Dr. across from Wyndham hotel (general vicinity).

The 5k Run / Walk will be a path within the Embarcadero area starting and ending at Harbor and Ash near Waterfront park. We'd like to set up Waterfront park with a festival atmosphere with resource tables / tents, vendors and music.

5k Run / Walk:
1. Begin staging 5k on Harbor Dr. between Grape and Ash Sunday, 1/19 @6am. 5k Walk/Run begins 9:00am.
2. Begin staging Parade on Harbor Dr. between Grape and Ash Sunday, 1/19 @6am.
3. 9:00am begin 5k on Harbor Dr. at the corner of Harbor and Ash and run southbound. Continue along the bay within Embarcadero.
4. Use sidewalks next to and behind Ruocco Park and Embarcadero along waterfront towards South Embarcadero and back to corner of Harbor and Ash for the finish. (~10 - 11am)
5. Walking takes ~1 hr for the 3.1 miles per Google Maps. 2 hrs should be plenty of time.
6. Parade to begin on Harbor Dr. at 11am, ending on Pacific Hwy near Embassy suites for the disbanding area ~1:00pm.
9. Moving portions of events end ~1:00pm.

1492 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101
San Diego, CA

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