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Thank you MLK Day participants!

We had over 100 people and more than a dozen organizations join us for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. The first hour was a speed round where every organization looking for volunteers had 2 minutes to give a pitch about their organization’s work and needs.

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January 19, 2026 article by Sam Ferland, for the Daily Hampshire Gazette â€Ť ‍

NORTHAMPTON — Turning a desire for change into strong, lasting networks. That is what Rev. Marisa Egerstrom, senior minister at the Florence Congregational Church, sought to do when she organized the Martin Luther King Jr. Day service fair, which drew some 100 people looking for ways to make a change on Monday.

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Amelia Wright, left, talks with Janet Nelson, a member of Swing Blue Alliance advocating for action against ICE, at the MLK Jr. Day service fair organized by Florence Congregational Church, Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity and Beit Ahavah, Monday mo
Andrew Turgeon talks with Maddie McDougall, the executive director with Resilient Community Arts of Easthampton at the MLK Jr. Day service fair organized by Florence Congregational Church , Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity and Beit Ahavah, Monday mo
Hugh Guilderson, a board member and docent at the David Ruggles Center for History and Education, talks about the center at the MLK Jr. Day service fair organized by Florence Congregational Church , Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity and Beit Ahavah,
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