NBC4 Washington, DC covers SCA MLK Event in DC
What’s powerful enough to bring 600+ volunteers to a windy park in 20 degree weather to pick up trash on what’s supposed to be a day off work?
The idea that America’s urban communities need safe, inviting spaces to play outside if we’re ever going to realize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream.
Watch 4 NBC Washington’s segment on our MLK Day project in DC’s Anacostia Park to see what it looks like when 600 people work together to improve a cherished community greenspace.
SCA’s Roland Richardson, the star of 4 NBC’s story, spoke at the event on how urban parks were his lifeline to nature during his childhood in DC. Click here to read the full text of his moving speech.