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St. Louis Park proclaims National Day of Racial Healing and Martin Luther King Jr. Day; announces related events
Summary
The City proclaimed a National Day of Racial Healing with a youth-led community gathering at Westwood Hills Nature Center on Jan. 19, 2026 (4–7 p.m.) and proclaimed Jan. 19 as Martin Luther King Jr. Day while noting offices will be closed that day.
At its first meeting of 2026 the St. Louis Park City Council adopted proclamations recognizing a National Day of Racial Healing and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The mayor read a proclamation describing the National Day of Racial Healing and announced the city’s fourth annual community gathering on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at Westwood Hills Nature Center from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The proclamation described the event as youth-led and focused on dialogue about race; it cited the city’s demographic figures as context for the event.
The council also read a Martin Luther King Jr. Day proclamation that recalled the March on Washington and King’s calls for racial and economic justice and encouraged residents to mark the day with acts of service. City manager Kim Keller noted that city offices would be closed on Jan. 19 and reminded the public the next regular council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 20.
The proclamations are ceremonial actions intended to call public attention to community events and civic commitments; neither proclamation imposes regulatory obligations or changes municipal policy.
