SEIU 721 Members Celebrate King’s Legacy and Restoring Hospital

SEIU 721 members persevered through rainy streets to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at the 25th Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles on Jan. 18. Members from SEIU 721’s African American, Asian Pacific Islander, Latino, Lavender and Native American Indian Caucuses pressed for quality community health care and reopening the King hospital in South Los Angeles.
Watch a commercial that aired on KABC 7 in the days leading up to MLK Day and featuring several SEIU health care workers. The workers celebrate the legacy of Dr. King’s dream by highlighting the reopening of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital — a major victory for Los Angeles County hospital workers, the communities directly impacted by the loss of critical hospital services, and the working families of Los Angeles.
This year’s theme was the reopening of MLK hospital, honoring Mark Ridley Thomas and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who donated generously to assist the hospital.