Martin Luther King Day - Highland Park Public Library

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King by learning more about him and doing acts of service for your community.

Learn more about the man we celebrate on this day.

Find out more about the Civil Rights Movement, its leaders, its underdogs, and some of its historic moments.

Find out ways you can serve others while keeping yourself safe.

Participate in citizen science:

Map neurons and add to knowledge of the brain by playing EyeWire.
Identify wild animals around Chicagoland for the Lincoln Park Zoo at Chicago Wildlife Watch.
Find meteors in radio signals in Radio Meteor Zoo.
Help embryonic researchers and the Rosalind Franklin Institute with Science Scribbler: Placenta Profiles.

Help make knowledge more accessible to everyone:

Help the Library of Congress identify and read its old collections at By The People.
Become a citizen archivist and volunteer to help the National Archives.
Help Project Gutenberg, a library of free out-of-copyright books, by proofreading their digital copies at Distributed Proofreaders.
Work for the Smithsonian by becoming a Digital Volunteer.
Become a Wikipedia editor and contribute your knowledge to the world. Not comfortable with jumping in? Try the Wikipedia Adventure to get your feet wet.

Have a little more time? Try these more-involved volunteer projects.

Help others by volunteering with the Crisis Text Line.
If you're fluent in more than one language, try Translators Without Borders to help with health crises around the globe.
Use your skills to help non-profits in need using Idealist, Catchafire, or the United Nation's Online Volunteering page. These volunteer jobs range from a few hours to several weeks.

Find out how his legacy lives on today.