Stick With Love

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"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." – MLK

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Today in Global Small Business: MLK Day and Inauguration Day 2025

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• What to know about the federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
• When is the last time Inauguration Day and MLK Day fell on the same day?
• Quote of the week: “We will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." – Martin Luther King Jr, from his "I Have a Dream" speech, August 1963
• What's open and closed on MLK Day and DT Inauguration Day.
• What to expect as the new USA President is sworn in.
• Here's what to know about Donald Trump's inauguration.

Today in Global Small Business: Celebrating the Life of MLK Jr.

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Tree of life celebrates MLK with Ebenezer Baptist Church.
• 9 places where you can walk in MLK Jr.'s footsteps.
• Celebrating MLK Day in Metro Atlanta, Georgia.
• Quote of the week: "Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart..." ("The Drum Major Instinct," Ebenezer Baptist Church) – Martin Luther King Jr.
• 17 additional ways to celebrate the life of MLK Jr.
• The impact of Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr.