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Building Black Wealth

2023 MLK Day Celebration

    • Monday, January 16, 2023
      10 am – 1 pm
  • Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

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37th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration

Monday January 16, doors open at 9:15 a.m., program 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington Street in downtown Saint Paul.

Keynote speaker is Ghanaian-American researcher, entrepreneur, and writer Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman.

Many other local Black artists, businesses and organizations will be participating.

Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan are hosting the event, which is themed Building Black Wealth.

This event is free and open to the public.

There is free Metro Transit transportation to and from the event: Download and show this pass for free rides on Metro Transit buses and METRO light rail lines to the MLK Day Celebration.

Additional information about who is presenting/performing/sharing information at this event:

  • Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
  • Ain Dah Yung Youth Center
  • Titambe: West African Dance Ensemble
  • National Guard
  • Shiloh Temple Choir
  • Vie Boheme
  • Joe Davis
  • Jovonta Patton
  • Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
  • US Bank speaker - Greg Cunningham
  • 3M speaker - James Momon
  • Urban League
  • Build Wealth
  • Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage
  • AALF
  • NEON
  • Ujamaa Place
  • MN Justice Research Center
  • Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
  • More!
  • Arts and culture
  • Celebrations
  • Community and outreach