Ocoee to celebrate MLK Monday, Jan. 20

The city of Ocoee’s 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration will kick off at 10 a.m. at Citrus Elementary School.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 3:05 p.m. January 15, 2025

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The city of Ocoee’s 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration will kick off at 10 a.m. at Citrus Elementary School, 87 N. Clarke Road, and end at the parking lot of the West Oaks Mall. A post-parade celebration will take place in the mall food court at 11 a.m. Organizations can register to participate in the parade at ocoee.org/MLK.

Robinson Joseph, co-founder of RLK Team Solutions, will be the keynote speaker. He is a motivational speaker and consultant and served 30 years in the U.S. Air Force, reaching the rank of chief master sergeant.

As the ninth of 10 children in a Haitian immigrant family, Joseph is a huge advocate for the value of teamwork.

The celebration program will include the presentation of the colors by the Ocoee High School JROTC, and Ocoee resident Sherri 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.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.