Stephen Curry partners with Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King to mobilize 100 million volunteer service hours by 2029, the centennial of MLK Jr.'s birth. Oakland will aim for 100,000 hours, addressing poverty affecting one in four African Americans and one in five Latinos in the city.
The Currys were here to announce a new partnership with Martin Luther King III and his wife, Andrea Waters King's Realize the Dream initiative, a nationwide call to action to mobilize 100 million hours of service by 2029, the 100th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth.
That's 100,000 hours right there.
The partnership pledges 100,000 volunteer hours here, a city where 1 in 4 African Americans and 1 in 5 Latinos live at or below the federal poverty line.
It is very surreal to kind of be here in this moment planting our flag in Oakland, to have a moment here at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, and just the idea that We're a part of a, not only a local movement, but a national, hopefully global movement of what service and volunteerism really means and, you know, following the legacy of Dr. King. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE]