Hundreds gather in Missoula to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day [Video]

MISSOULA — While the inauguration may have been the headline on Monday, that doesn’t mean that hundreds of community members forgot about the national holiday going on, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

“The intersectionality of all the work that we do as a community, where sometimes we can feel like a silo, in events like this, it really does allow us to come together and celebrate that collective ideology and support and growth mindset,” said Chris Young Greer, founding member of the Missoula Black Collective of Montana.

Community members from across Missoula gathered at St. Anthony Parish to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with speakers sharing the message of the need for love and compassion in every facet of life and how that can bring change.

“I call this the Dr. Martin Luther King effect. Think about your own life and whose life you will have been like. The …