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Martin Luther King US National Holiday

January 15th, 2009

Monday is Martin Luther King Day, a national holiday in the United States. Mozilla offices in the U.S. will be closed. This year President-Elect Obama has advocated that more of us celebrate the holiday through volunteer public service activities. I’m planning to participate through habitat restoration in one of the national parks along the California coastline. These parks are a spectacular public resource that need a surprising amount of maintenance (habitat restoration, trash collection, trail maintenance) to retain the fullness of their beauty. I often think I’d like to do this and the coming holiday seems the perfect time.

Categories: Mozilla, Personal | Tags: ecology, holidays

5 comments for “Martin Luther King US National Holiday”

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gandalf said on January 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pm:

Is there a website where you can find things to do? I’m not rooted here so its hard for me to find ways to participate in this holiday, but I’d love to help!
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Zak Greant said on January 15th, 2009 at 6:06 pm:

Nice. Thanks Mitchell!
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mitchell said on January 16th, 2009 at 10:02 am:

Gandalf

Here are a couple of websites:

General:

http://www.volunteermatch.org/?_kk=martin%20luther%20king%20service&_kt=be22efce-2a68-4118-a9a6-c73565deb114
http://www.usaservice.org/page/content/opportunities/

Nat’l Parks near Mozilla in Mountain View:

http://www.parksconservancy.org/calendar/index.asp?event=2166&date=1/19/2009
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Ulysses said on January 16th, 2009 at 8:46 pm:

Very interesting about Martin Luther King (Jr.) Day…
In Brazil we have at November, 20 th, the Negro Conscience Day in honour of “Zumbi dos Palmares”…
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Hither Reuther said on January 18th, 2009 at 4:43 am:

I get tired of hearing about it, Look at the Similarities, Hitler had a dream too! they both were just good speakers, neither one of them did anything themselfs.