City to Host 46th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Program

Mary Wadland January 3, 2019

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ALEXANDRIA, VA – The City of Alexandria will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a community program on Tuesday, January 15, 7:30 p.m. at Fairlington Presbyterian Church (3846 King St.). The program, Dr. King: We Are All One Humanity: Where Do We Go From Here, will be presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Planning Committee and will include welcome remarks by Mayor Justin Wilson; a keynote address by Paul Glist, chairman of the Bahá’í Spiritual Assembly; and music by the Shiloh Baptist Church Men of Victory. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit the event page on the City Calendar.

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Mary Wadland January 3, 2019

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Mary Wadland

Mary Wadland is the Publisher and Editor in Chief of The Zebra Press, the award-winning Alexandria news publication she founded in 2010 with a mission of celebrating community, culture, and all the good news happening across the city. A longtime community advocate and storyteller, Mary was selected for the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce inaugural 40 Under 40 class and has served as President of Living Legends of Alexandria since 2022. Known for her deep local roots, sharp editorial instincts, and passion for connecting people through journalism, she has spent decades chronicling the personalities, businesses, events, and civic life that make Alexandria unique. Originally from Delray Beach, Florida, Mary is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia, and has been part of Alexandria’s publishing and media community since 1987.