Martin Luther King Jr. championed a nonviolent struggle for racial equality that remains unparalleled to this day. The civil rights icon will be honored on Jan. 20 this year as Long Island businesses, venues, churches and community centers celebrate his legacy with events, screenings, concerts and more. Here's what's going on in Nassau and Suffolk.

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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a beloved community lives on in Brookhaven. That's where a band of angels of sorts, Building Bridges in Brookhaven, is striving to help create&nbsp;a world where all people share in the wealth of the earth, where racism, discrimination and prejudice are replaced by an inclusive spirit, where love and trust triumph over fear and hatred, and peace and justice prevail over war and conflict. 
With this year's official&nbsp;Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday falling on Jan. 20, the grassroots group will host its fourth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Festival at Setauket Presbyterian Church on Jan. 18 (see box). Along with honoring the legacy of King, co-founder Tom Lyon says, “We celebrate and showcase the diversity and dedication of our neighbors and organizations who work every day to achieve Dr. King’s ultimate dream of a beloved community. 
“It is also a time for us to commit to building bridges of trust, friendship and mutual collaboration throughout Brookhaven Town in the year ahead.” 
The festival is co-sponsored with the Office of Multicultural Affairs &amp; Center for Social Justice at Suffolk County Community College in Selden. Some two dozen community groups and nonprofits will be exhibitors sharing&nbsp;information during the event’s “Be the Change” volunteer fair. 
“We want to introduce people to each other. When you get good people together, good things happen,” Lyon says. 
There will be music and workshops. The Herstory Writers Workshop of Centereach will share how young women and girls can empower themselves by creating memoirs about their struggles. Multicultural Solidarity, founded by a Setauket couple, will demonstrate its method for helping groups develop honest and open conversations on difficult topics like race. Youth programs will focus on King and his life as an advocate for nonviolence. 
The event’s keynote speakers will be <a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/saad-amer-takes-on-environment-voter-turnout-1.36882358">Saad Amer, of Plus1Vote</a>, who is working to mobilize the youth vote for the 2020 election, and Liz Gannon Graydon, co-founder and president of What Better Looks Like, a nonprofit that works with people to help solve problems in their communities. Both will speak to this year’s theme, finding common ground across generations. 
“We’re focusing on building bridges between generations. One of the challenges is how to pass on things older people have learned to the younger generation,” says the Rev. Gregory Leonard, pastor of Bethel AME Church in Setauket and co-founder of Building Bridges. 
Intergenerational distrust is a troubling issue, Lyon says. “Young people feel betrayed by the boomers, the older generation, because of the problems they are inheriting, [from] a world on fire from climate change, the national deficit, to horrible college debt. And the older generation sees kids as lazy. There are deep divisions. If they’re not nipped in the bud, there will be serious social damage. We have to get generations talking and working together.” 
<h3>Spurred by tragedy</h3> 
There’s plenty of work to be done. Lyon explains that “there is a racial and economic divide in Brookhaven.” Though it’s not worse than elsewhere on Long Island, “some people feel isolated” by the disparities. Building Bridges, with a core group of 25 members and more than 100 supporters, wants to improve things. The nascent organization formed in 2016 in the aftermath of the June 17, 2015, massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people in a Bible study group. 
The tragedy hit close to home as a member of Leonard’s church had a relative who was among the victims. The church joined others in the community to organize a prayer vigil and a memorial service. 
The “Rev. Leonard realized that while he was taking care of his congregation there was a lot of grief in the community, and he tapped his interfaith network,” says Peggy Fort of Stony Brook, a Building Bridges member who is on the communications committee. 
Leonard and Lyon saw the need to create an organization in their backyard to bridge racial divides and build relationships. The group, which continues to grow, is in the process of incorporating as a nonprofit. 
The annual MLK unity festival is its signature event. The group also meets monthlyat various venues, including the Turkish Cultural Center in Ronkonkoma, Bellport Boys &amp; Girls Club, and Suffolk County Community College in Selden. Typically there is a guest speaker and time for organizations to share information about their work. Building Bridges is about connecting people, creating a network to facilitate communication and support one another’s efforts to increase impact, organizers say.&nbsp;For example, representatives of Long Island Against Trafficking and a women’s shelter met last year as exhibitors at an MLK Unity Festival and began working together. That day&nbsp;they began discussing how LIAT could support the shelter, beginning with providing clothing and other items. That’s the sort of connecting Building Bridges aims for, Lyon says:&nbsp;"introducing people to each other."&nbsp; 
Says Professor James Banks, SCCC's collegewide coordinator of multicultural affairs,&nbsp;"As a local resource for Suffolk residents, we feel a definitive imperative to reflect the values of inclusion and open mindedness this program represents." 
"We need to remind folks that&nbsp;'teamwork&nbsp;makes the dream work,’" Banks says. 
Building Bridges also supports the community in myriad other ways. 
A recent post on its&nbsp;Facebook page&nbsp;called for donations to Malik’s Path, a charity formed by Indiana Sweeting after her son, Malik, was fatally shot in 2016 two days before he was to begin his freshman year of college. The organization provides academic scholarships, and sponsorships for sports and performing arts programs&nbsp;to Wyandanch youth. 
In November 2016, the group supported and participated in a Black Lives Matter March in Stony Brook. 
<h3>Elevating peace</h3> 
At a monthly meeting last year, the topic of Peace Poles came up. Member Myrna Gordon suggested the group consider one for Rocketship Park in Port Jefferson. She and members Barbara Ransome and Elaine Learned took on the project. In November, the 11-foot pole was planted in the park. The pole says “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in English, nine other languages and Braille. The <a href="https://www.worldpeace.org/peacepoleproject/">pole is an internationally recognized symbol</a> planted in more than 200 countries and seen as a prominent monument for peace. There are more than 250,000 planted around the world, and Building Bridges hopes more will be installed around the Island in the next few years. 
“We are surrounded by war memorials in our parks and schools, and the time has come to visualize and promote peace. What better way than in a children's park,” Gordon says. 
Speaking to its community-forming power, the Building Bridges' spinoff Multicultural Solidarity has begun to hold small-group gatherings in one another’s living rooms once or twice a month to talk about a chosen topic. “A topic might be when did you first realize racism exists?” explains Fort. She says the meetings have been diversely attended by blacks, whites, Indians and those from the Islamic and Turkish communities. 
One topic that’s likely to be a big part of Building Bridge’s agenda this year is anti-Semitism. “This is the hot button. We have to speak out against hatred. We must have dialogues that educate and enlighten people, so they understand how much we have in common,” Leonard says. 
Lyon points out the lasting relevancy of King’s 1967 book&nbsp;“Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”:&nbsp; &nbsp;“The bottom line of the book is we have a choice, chaos or community. Right now, there’s a lot of chaos.” 
Leonard is hopeful. “Unity on Long Island is coming together. Good things are happening, and good things will happen,” the pastor says.

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Building Bridges in Brookhaven hosts Martin Luther King Unity Festival

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which in 2020 falls on Jan. 20, was established as a holiday in 1983 to honor the legacy of the civil rights leader. 
<h3>JAN. 17&nbsp;</h3> 
UNIONDALE 
BOOK DISCUSSION AND CRAFT&nbsp;Children in third through fifth grade are invited to a discussion of the book “Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?,” by Bonnie Bader, and to make a craft, 4 to 5 p.m., Uniondale Library, 400 Uniondale Ave.; free, register;&nbsp;516-489-2220, ext. 213, <a href="https://www.uniondalelibrary.org/">uniondalelibrary.org</a>.&nbsp; 
FILM: 'FREEDOM SONG' Drama starring Danny Glover&nbsp;and Vicellous Reon Shannon, (2000, rated TV-14,&nbsp;1:52), 3 to&nbsp;5 p.m., Uniondale Library, 400 Uniondale Ave.; free; 516-489-2220, ext. 204 or 205, <a href="https://www.uniondalelibrary.org/">uniondalelibrary.org</a>.&nbsp; 
<h3>JAN. 18&nbsp;</h3> 
LONGWOOD 
UNITY WALK In celebration of the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Longwood Schools, in partnership with Middle Island Teachers Association and the Coram Fire Department, hosts a half-mile walk at 10 a.m.. The walk begins at Coram Elementary School, 61 Coram-Mount&nbsp;Sinai Rd., and ends at the Coram Firehouse for a complimentary lunch (11 a.m.) with live performances and a student art exhibit (11 a.m.-3 p.m.); free; 631-345-2949. 
HEMPSTEAD 
MEDITATION: TRANSCENDING HATE&nbsp;Honor King's&nbsp;life at a retreat:&nbsp;11 a.m. to noon, meditation on the beauty of inner peace; noon to 12:30 p.m., break and refreshments; 12:30 to 2 p.m., meditation on practicing nonviolence and skillful action. All welcome, no meditation experience necessary. African American Museum of Nassau County, 110 N. Franklin St.;&nbsp;$7 suggested donation, register in advance;&nbsp;315-256-1635, <a href="https://meditationonlongisland.org/mlk/">meditationonlongisland.org/mlk</a>. 
MELVILLE 
PRESENTATION: 'THE ANATOMY OF PREJUDICE'&nbsp;Guest speaker Jane Elliott shares the problems of racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and ethnocentrism, and our responsibility to illuminate and eliminate them from our lives and our environment, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., networking mixer;&nbsp;9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., presentation;&nbsp;Melville Marriott, 1350 Walt Whitman Rd.; $25, register; 631-867-8704, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/islip-town-branch-naacp-6th-annual-legacy-gala-and-presentation-tickets-70521613043">itbnaacp2020.eventbrite.com</a>. 
LEGACY GALA The Islip NAACP celebrates trailblazers from various organizations with special awards for exemplary achievements;&nbsp;music, a keynote address by Jane Elliott;&nbsp;exhibitors, and more;&nbsp;7 p.m. to midnight,&nbsp;Melville Marriott, 1350 Walt Whitman Rd.; $150, register, includes dinner and open bar; 631-867-8704, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/islip-town-branch-naacp-6th-annual-legacy-gala-and-presentation-tickets-70521613043">itbnaacp2020.eventbrite.com</a>. 
ROOSEVELT 
CELEBRATION&nbsp;Celebrate King’s birthday with keynote speaker Pastor John David Wright and a performance by students from Roosevelt High School, 2 p.m., Roosevelt Library, 27 W. Fulton Ave.; free;&nbsp;516-378-0222, ext. 4, <a href="https://www.rooseveltlibrary.org/">rooseveltlibrary.org</a>. 
SETAUKET 
<a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/building-bridges-in-brookhaven-hosts-martin-luther-king-unity-festival-1.40401795">UNITY FESTIVAL: BUILDING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY ACROSS GENERATIONS</a>&nbsp;Honors King's&nbsp;life, legacy and vision &nbsp;with guest panelists, audience participation, breakout sessions, light refreshments, music&nbsp;and nonprofit organization&nbsp;exhibitors,&nbsp;noon to 4:30 p.m., Setauket Presbyterian Church, 5 Caroline Ave.; free; 631-928-4317, <a href="https://setauketpresbyterian.org/">setauketpresbyterian.org</a>. 
UNIONDALE 
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: 'WE ARE THE DREAM'&nbsp;Celebrate MLK Day with a live performance by Dance Space New Life Entertainment,&nbsp;2 to 3:30 p.m., Uniondale Library, 400 Uniondale Ave.; free; 516-489-2220, ext. 204 or 205, <a href="https://www.uniondalelibrary.org/">uniondalelibrary.org</a>.&nbsp; 
<h3>JAN. 19</h3> 
BALDWIN 
ECUMENICAL SERVICE&nbsp;In observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with keynote speaker Rev. Gilbert Pickett of the Eastern Baptist Association, 7 p.m., Second Baptist Church, 800 McKenna Place; freewill donations&nbsp;accepted; 516-572-2259, <a href="https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/4452/MLK-Committee">nassaucountyny.gov/4452/MLK-Committee</a>. 
CENTRAL ISLIP 
MASS AND CELEBRATION Service in honor King followed by a reception, 11 a.m., St. John of God Church, 84 Carleton Ave.; free; 631-662-1844, 631-234-1884, <a href="http://stjohnofgodparish.org/">stjohnofgodparish.org</a>. 
COMMACK 
INTERFAITH CELEBRATION AND CHOIR CONCERT "Righteous Anger: How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Used Love to Confront Injustice," with keynote speaker Tracey Edwards of the Long Island NAACP, and&nbsp;four choirs representing different&nbsp;cultural traditions and musical genres. Presented by&nbsp;Abraham’s Table of Long Island, 6 to 8 p.m., The Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Rd.; free, bring a food donation; 631-462-9800, <a href="http://abrahamstableli.org/">abrahamstableli.org</a>. 
<h3>LONG BEACH</h3> 
GOSPEL MUSICAL APPRECIATION CONCERT Gospel music and songs performed by Gospel Sons&nbsp;and special guests, 3 p.m., Long Beach Library, 111 W. Park Ave.; free; 516-432-7201, <a href="https://www.longbeachlibrary.org/">longbeachlibrary.org</a>. 
<h3>JAN. 20</h3> 
COLD SPRING HARBOR 
DAY OF SERVICE Make lunch for the guests at the Helping Hands Rescue Mission in Huntington Station and take action to end hunger, all ages welcome, 10:30 a.m., Kehillath Shalom Synagogue, 58 Goose Hill Rd.; freewill cash donations accepted to support the program; 631-367-4589, <a href="http://www.kehillathshalomsynagogue.org/">kehillathshalomsynagogue.org</a>. 
COPIAGUE 
SERVICE The Copiague Madrigal Choir and Amityville High School Jazz Band performs, a luncheon follows, 10 a.m. at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 20 Simmons St; free; 631-842-8463. &nbsp; 
DIX HILLS 
CELEBRATION AND&nbsp;DAY OF SERVICE&nbsp;Poetry, music and songs honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,&nbsp;presented by The Mothers Club of Wheatley Heights, 2 to 4:30 p.m., Half Hollow Hills Community Library at Chestnut Hill School, 600 S. Service Rd.; free, bring new socks to donate to the Gerald J. Ryan Outreach Center of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Catholic Church in Wyandanch; 631-421-4530, <a href="https://hhhlibrary.org/">hhhlibrary.org</a>. 
EAST HILLS 
DAY OF SERVICE&nbsp;Volunteer to assemble more than 30,000 meals to be donated to those in need, 11 a.m., registration begins; 11:15 a.m. to noon breakfast, service learning, and craft projects;&nbsp;noon to 2 p.m., meal assembly;&nbsp;all ages are welcome, Sid Jacobson JCC, 300 Forest Dr.; free, register; <a href="https://www.sjjcc.org/event/mlk-day-of-service-2/">sjjcc.org/event/mlk-day-of-service-2</a>, 516-484-1545. 
ELMONT 
AIN’T NO STOPPING US NOW! MLK IS STILL THE WAY!&nbsp;Celebrate the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King&nbsp;Jr. with the sounds of Motown performed by Jerome “City” Smith and the City Sounds Music Ensemble, 1 p.m.&nbsp;(library closed by theater is open for this event), Elmont Memorial Library, 700 Hempstead Tpke.; free; 516-354-5280, <a href="https://www.elmontlibrary.org/">elmontlibrary.org</a>. 
GARDEN CITY 
ADVOKIDS: PEACEFUL PAINTINGS&nbsp;Children 5 and older are invited to&nbsp;pay tribute to King’s message of peace by creating a colorful collage of the dove of peace, 11 a.m., 1 and&nbsp;3 p.m., Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Ave.; $4 with museum admission of $14, $13 older than 65; <a href="https://www.licm.org/">licm.org</a>, 516-224-5800. 
GLEN COVE 
COMMEMORATIVE MARCH AND PROGRAM March begins at 8:45 a.m. at First Baptist Church, 7 Continental Place, and ends at the Wunsch Arts Center,&nbsp;at Robert M. Finley Middle School on Forest Avenue, where there will be program at 9:30 a.m.; free; 516-676-2000, <a href="http://www.glencove-li.us/">glencove-li.us</a>. &nbsp; 
HAUPPAUGE 
MEMORIAL BREAKFAST&nbsp;Hosted by the First Baptist Church of Riverhead, 8 to 10:30 a.m., Hyatt Regency Long Island, 1717 Motor Pkwy.; $60;&nbsp;631-727-3446. 
HEMPSTEAD 
PARADE&nbsp;Starts at Kennedy Memorial Park, 335 Greenwich St., continues to Redeem&nbsp;Tabernacle Church, 39 W. Graham Ave., where a brief ceremony takes place, 9 a.m.; free; 516-478-6286,&nbsp;631-683-5552, <a href="https://www.villageofhempstead.org/">villageofhempstead.org</a>. 
HUNTINGTON 
MEDITATIONS HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.&nbsp;Practice nonviolence in a four-session retreat: 10 to 11 a.m., meditation on equanimity; 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., meditation on patient acceptance; 1:15 to 2:15 p.m., meditation on equalizing self and others; 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., meditation on exchanging self with others. All welcome;&nbsp;no meditation experience necessary. Kadampa Meditation Center, 282 New York Ave.; $5 suggested donation per session, $20 for entire retreat, register; 631-549-1000, <a href="https://meditationonlongisland.org/">meditationonlongisland.org</a>. 
NAACP JUBILEE PROGRAM. The NAACP Huntington Branch will host a Jubilee Program in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Frederick K. Brewington, a Long Island civil rights lawyer, will speak at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 291 Park Ave. at 7 p.m. 
LONG BEACH 
TRIBUTE AND COMMEMORATIVE MARCH&nbsp;The City of Long Beach&nbsp;honors the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a tribute from 10 to 11 a.m. at Town Hall on Chester Street, followed by a march&nbsp;starting at&nbsp;Laurelton Boulevard and West Park Avenue and ending at the Martin Luther King Center,&nbsp;615 Riverside Blvd.,&nbsp;all welcome;&nbsp;free; 516-889-6300, <a href="https://www.longbeachny.gov/">longbeachny.gov</a>. 
PLAINVIEW 
DAY OF SERVICE Take part in the MLK Day of Service: Changing the World One Dream at a Time&nbsp;packing event, creating packages that directly support those struggling with food insecurity and poverty on Long Island, 9:45 a.m. to noon,&nbsp;Mid- Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd.; register; to participate, bring any of the following: apples, oranges, carrots, potatoes or onions; 516-822-3535, ext. 347, <a href="https://www.miyjcc.org/mlkday">miyjcc.org/mlkday</a>. 
SETAUKET 
DAY OF PEACE,&nbsp;UNITY PRAYER SERVICE AND CONCERT&nbsp;Multifaith celebration brings&nbsp;together musicians, community members and food from different religious and cultural backgrounds; celebrate differences and promote peace and unity;&nbsp;food and fellowship follows,&nbsp;2 to 4:30&nbsp;p.m., The Bates House, Frank Melville Park, 1 Bates Rd.; free;&nbsp;donations of socks, underwear,&nbsp;razors or towels accepted for Pax Christi men's shelter; 631-240-3471,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.communitygrowthcenter.org/mlk-day-event/">communitygrowthcenter.org/mlk-day-event</a>. 
UNIONDALE 
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS LUNCHEON&nbsp;Honoring Pastor Bishop Phillip Elliot, Rabbi Judy Cohen-Rosenberg, Jacob Dixon and A. Brian Leander, Ph.D.,&nbsp;benefits high school seniors seeking higher education, 11:30 a.m., Long Island Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 101 James Doolittle Blvd.; $100, register;&nbsp;516-571-5977, <a href="https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/4452/MLK-Committee">nassaucountyny.gov/4452/MLK-Committee</a>. 
<h3>JAN. 21</h3> 
GLEN COVE 
CELEBRATION Performances and poetry to express what the Rev. Martin Luther King&nbsp;Jr. means to so many and to celebrate his contributions, noon, Glen Cove Senior Center, 130 Glen St.; free for celebration; $3 suggested donation for optional lunch, call 516-676-6182 to register, <a href="http://glencoveseniorcenter.com/">glencoveseniorcenter.com</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
<h3>JAN. 23</h3> 
BRENTWOOD 
LECTURE:&nbsp;MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS&nbsp;Professor Zebulon Miletsky of Stony Brook University discusses the powerful influence of the Rev. Martin Luther King&nbsp;Jr., 2 to 3 p.m., Brentwood Library, 34 Second Ave.; free, register;&nbsp;<a href="https://brentwoodnylibrary.org/">brentwoodnylibrary.org</a>, 631-273-7883, ext. 123. 
LINDENHURST 
FILM: 'SELMA'&nbsp;Biographical historical drama starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo&nbsp;and Tim Roth (2014, rated PG-13, 2:08), 1:30 p.m., Lindenhurst Library, 1 Lee Ave.; free;&nbsp;631-957-7755, <a href="https://lindenhurstlibrary.org/">lmlonline.org</a>. 
<h5>Compiled by Gina Tabarus and Daniel Variano</h5>

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