Happy MLK Day, everyone! Our protest will take place as planned, 2-4 p.m. at the site. The organizers of the march have also confirmed that the events are happening as planned. See you later today! Updated Monday, January 15, 8:40 a.m.

Southeast Texas friends, please join us on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 15 for the MLK Day March in Orange, Texas, followed by our protest of the newly built Neo-Confederate memorial on MLK Dr.

The Orange chapter of the NAACP will be leading the historic MLK March beginning at 10 a.m. at Salem Church on W. John Ave. The parade will be followed by presentations at the Riverfront Boardwalk and Pavilion.

Click here for more information.

And then at 2 p.m., Repurpose Memorial will head over to the Neo-Confederate memorial on MLK Dr. at Interstate 10.

The monument is located across from the Exxon station on MLK Dr. at I-10: Google maps.

Parking is available at the Exxon station or on 41st St. (my blue Ford F150 pickup truck will be parked there).

We will be on the corner with our signs (and water bottles) from 2-4 p.m.

For those who aren’t familiar with the insidious efforts of white supremacists and Neo-Confederates to make hateful iconography unavoidable, please check out this recent reel by musician and activist Dara Tucker.

Heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who donated to our GoFundMe campaign to raise an MLK billboard across from the monument in time for MLK Day. The billboard will continue to appear throughout Black History Month (February).

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns: jparzen@gmail.com or (917) 405-3426.

Thank you for your support and solidarity! We hope to see you at the march or protest or hopefully both!

Jeremy Parzen
co-founder Repurpose Memorial