Chicago White Sox ACE program volunteer Paris Head helps pack pasta into a bag at a MLK Day of Service event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Archer Heights, Jan. 20, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Chicago Mayor's Youth Commission volunteers Elyani Martinez, right, and Addison Haywood pack apples in bags during an MLK Day of Service event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Archer Heights on Jan. 20, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Chicago White Sox ACE program volunteers Xavier Alvarez, left, and Brock Hamilton shovel pasta into a box at an MLK Day of Service event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Archer Heights, Jan. 20, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Cecilio Garcia, a portrait artist for ChiGivesBack, helps paints a mural during a ChiGivesBack MLK Day of Service at Lindblom Math and Science Academy in Chicago on Jan. 20, 2025. Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton were among the volunteers. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Benjamin Bucheit, 9, of Chicago, paints classroom walls during ChiGivesBack MLK Day of Service at Lindblom Math and Science Academy, Jan. 20, 2025. This is Bucheit’s second year volunteering for the event. “I like going up on the ladder,” he said. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Flag bearers line up before the national anthem is played at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Jan. 20, 2025, in Soldier Field. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is honored at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition annual Dr. King Breakfast on Jan. 20, 2025. After being hospitalized for a rare neurological disorder, Jackson was discharged from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to his family in a Monday statement. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Aiden Marshall, of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, waits before making his speech at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake hotel in Chicago on Friday. Marshall placed second in the competition. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)The Arthur L. Dixon Student Choir performs during an event honoring 10 fourth- and fifth-grade students from Chicago Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago during Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel on Jan. 17, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
Harmony Daniels, of Wendell Smith Elementary, is congratulated by Illinois Sen. Elgie Sims, right, and Frank Pasquesi, a managing partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, after competing at Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel. As the first contestant on stage, Daniels captivated the judges and won the competition. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Tamia Bennett, of Joseph Warren Elementary, makes her speech while competing for the top honor at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition on Jan. 17, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Aiden Marshall, of Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, listens to opening remarks before competing for the top honor at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel on Jan. 17, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
Mackenzie James, of Lenart Elementary, makes her speech while competing for the top honor at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel on 17, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Lariyha Patterson, of Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, center, reads the event program before she competes against nine other fourth- and fifth-grade students from Chicago Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago during Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)10 fourth- and fifth-grade students from Chicago Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago compete for the top honor at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel in Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
LeeAnn Trotter, a feature reporter at NBC5 Chicago, listens to opening remarks during a competing between 10 fourth- and fifth-grade students from Chicago Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago during the Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Samira Howard, of Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, performs her speech during a competition against nine other fourth- and fifth-grade students from Chicago Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago during Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Bryce Wallace, of Arthur L. Dixon Elementary, makes her speech while pacing the stage. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
10 fourth- and fifth-grade students from Chicago Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago compete for the top honor at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel in Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Kaiden Phelps of Arthur L. Dixon Elementary smiles when finishing his speech while competing for the top honor at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Aiden Marshall, of Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, right, is congratulated by Frank Pasquesi, a managing partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, at Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition. Marshall received second place in the competition. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
McKenzie Hudson, of Wendell Smith Elementary, makes her way on the stage while competing for the top honor at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel on Jan. 17, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Judges and competitors pose for a photo at the end of Lardner LLP’s Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition at The Drake Hotel Jan. 17, 2025. Harmony Daniels, of Wendell Smith Elementary, won the top honor after her captivating speech as the first contestant. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
