The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration’s Freedom Train will make its only San Mateo County stop at 10 a.m. Monday at the San Mateo Caltrain station.
The annual event begins at 8:30 a.m. with a pre-program including a continental breakfast before the Freedom Train arrives at 10 a.m., event officials said.
Individuals representing San Mateo County, its cities, civic organizations and congregations will host the event, including 2010 honorary Chairman Harold Brooks, the CEO of the Red Cross in the Bay Area.
The county representatives will join the 1,500 Freedom Train riders to the San Francisco MLK Jr. Day Walk to the Yerba Buena Gardens event.
Special San Mateo County Freedom Train tickets are sold only at Monday’s celebration at the San Mateo Caltrain station, and the Freedom Train tickets are good on any return train that day. Regular Caltrain tickets are not valid.
The San Jose branch of the NAACP is not supporting Monday’s event after train organizers accepted a $5,000 donation from the San Jose Police Officers Association.
San Jose NAACP President Jethroe Moore says the decision to accept the police union’s money was inappropriate in light of reports that San Jose police officers are more likely to use force against people of color.
He has asked organizers to remove the NAACP logo from all materials connected to the ride.
Freedom Train organizer Daniel Hoffman says this year’s event would not be possible without help from the police union because key corporate sponsors dropped out.
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