HUDSON—The Hudson Interfaith Council will not hold the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pre-Holiday Sunday Night Service this year. Instead, and in solidarity with the expressed wishes of Martin Luther King, III, the public is invited to join the council Monday, January 17, 2022, for the “It Begins With Me” Motorcade and Outdoor Rally to help advance the cause of securing Voting Rights for all Americans.

The pre-rally motorcade line up begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Columbia and N. 6th St. Parking Lot in Hudson, and starts at 11 a.m. The rally is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in front of Shiloh Baptist Church, 14 Warren Street.

Attendees are required to wear masks at this memorial tribute to Rev. Dr. King, Jr. and all the others who made great sacrifices to secure voting rights in this country. Keynote speaker is Rev. I. Waddell, pastor emerita, Payne AME Church.

“We look back but we won’t go back,” said the news release from the Interfaith Council.

For weather related changes tune into WGXC 90.7 FM or WGXC.ORG from 9-10 a.m. Monday.

Rev. K. L. Singletary is committee chairwoman.