UTA will offer regular service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18. If you have the day off work or school, consider marking this federal holiday by riding UTA to one of the following transit-accessible events.
Martin Luther King Jr. Activities for Families
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Discovery Gateway, 444 West 100 South, Salt Lake City
Accessible via TRAX Planetarium Station
Discovery Gateway is partnering with Alpha Beta Theta sorority to present family-friendly poems, readings and crafts in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. For more information, visit http://www.discoverygateway.org/classes-a-special-events/events/.
MLK Jr. March and Rally
2 to 4 p.m. at East High School, 840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City
Accessible via bus routes 9, 213, 220 and 223
A march in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. will lead participants from East High School to Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. The rally starts at 2:30 p.m. and the march begins at 3. The event is presented by the University of Utah Office for Equity and Diversity and East High School. For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/diversityatU.
MLK Jr. Freedom Breakfast and March
9 to 11 a.m. at the Marshall White Center, 222 28th Street, Ogden
Accessible via bus route 455
Enjoy breakfast followed by a march to the Ogden Pavilion for presentations on Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. The event is sponsored by the NAACP Branch of Northern Utah, the Weber State University Center for Diversity and Unity and the Marshall White Center. More information available at http://www.weber.edu/diversity/mlk-march.html.