The City of Ocoee’s 17^th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration will be held on Monday, January 20, 2025 at 10 a.m. The parade begins at Citrus Elementary School, 87 North Clarke Road and ends at the parking lot of the West Oaks Mall. The public is invited to attend a post-parade celebration that will take place in the West Oaks Mall food court at 11 a.m. Organizations may register for the parade by visiting https://www.ocoee.org/MLK.

Robinson Joseph, co-founder of RLK Team Solutions, will be the keynote speaker at the post-parade celebration. He is a motivational speaker, consultant and served 30 years in the United States Air Force, reaching the rank of Chief Master Sergeant. As the ninth of ten children in a Haitian immigrant family, Mr. Joseph is a huge advocate for the value of teamwork.

The celebration program will include presenting of the colors by the Ocoee High School JROTC and Ocoee resident Sherrí Gladney will sing the National Anthem. In addition, sixth-grader Mollie Campbell Shields, winner of last year’s 2024 City of Ocoee Black History Month Essay Contest, will recite her award-winning essay titled “How I Can Live The Dream.”

For more information, please visit www.ocoee.org or call 407-905-3100.