The NorcalMLK Foundation is presenting two new Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Services for East Bay residences.

Downs Memorial United Methodist Church in Oakland, California, and Pilgrim Christian Church in Castro Valley, California, will host Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Services for the East Bay community. The services will each feature a distinguished guest speaker, whose addresses serves to reflect on Dr. King's teachings and to inspire positive change.

Pilgrim Christian Church in Castro Valley will welcome Dr. Raymond Carr, Ph.D., as the guest speaker. Dr. Carr is president of the Society for the Study of Black Religion, the oldest and most prestigious gathering of scholars and theologians in the world. And he is director of the Codex Charles H. Long Papers at Harvard University, where he currently serves as research scholar.

The address establishes a partnership between the NorcalMLK Foundation and and Pilgrim Christain Church.