~Photos by Claudia Ferro
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration event, entitled, “Power to Impact Positive Change in our Community,” was held on Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of national Martin Luther King Jr Day.

The event featured performances by the Somerville High School World Percussion Ensemble, El Sistema Somerville Youth Orchestra, MLK Jr. Somerville Interfaith Choir, SheBoom, the Center for Arabic Culture Children’s Choir, Somerville’s Poet Laureate, Nicole Terez Dutton, Somerville youth poets, and Somerville Public School student MLK Jr Day essayists. The 2016 event was held at the East Somerville Community School auditorium.