Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at Temple Beth Israel

By Petra Rivera
| 5:00 a.m. December 21, 2024

Mayor Kyle Battie speaks alongside Mural Organizer Walter Gilbert.

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Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the Social Action Committee at Temple Beth Israel.

Walter Gilbert, past president of the NAACP of Sarasota County and vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, will lead a discussion at the temple about Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day event will be held at 5:30 p.m., with a reception after, on Jan. 17 at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key. RSVP by Jan. 13. Call 941-383-3428, or email [email protected].

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Petra Rivera

Petra Rivera is the Longboat community reporter. She holds a bachelor’s degree of journalism with an emphasis on reporting and writing from the University of Missouri. Previously, she was a food and drink writer for Vox magazine as well as a reporter for the Columbia Missourian.