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Whether it’s through prayer or community service, Bronxites are taking time Monday to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“We can never forget the legacy, leadership and selfless spirit of Dr. King,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

“In a very diverse borough like the Bronx,” he continued, “it is important to promote Dr. King’s ideas and to teach future generations that President Obama is an example of Dr. King’s dream, in which people of all races, religions and classes are equal.”

In Williamsbridge, Trinity Baptist Church is hosting its annual celebration starting at 10 a.m. Monday. This year’s theme: Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off!

The service, co-hosted by the borough resident’s office and Pastor Naomi Tyler Lloyd, will feature musical selections from the church’s Legacy Choir as well as the Blessed Quietness Choir.

In Hunts Point, up to 1,000 volunteers will fan out across the neighborhood in a mass community service effort to beautify local schools, churches and recreation centers.

The effort is being sponsored by City Year New York, a non-profit that recruits young people for full time community service.

Volunteers will be painting, cleaning and doing light construction at 17 South Bronx sites including Middle School 424

“Dr. King said everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. So we’re just trying to live that out,” said Alice Pak, of City Year.

The borough’s 24 Episcopal congregations gather each year to celebrate King.

This year’s gathering is being hosted by the South Bronx Interparish Council at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Longwood. Former Mayor David Dinkins is slated to be a guest speaker.

This year’s celebration will take on extra special meaning, organizers said. Among those attending will be members from the predominantly Haitian Good Samaritan Church.

“As we celebrate Dr. King,” said the Rev. Theodora Brooks of St. Margaret’s, “our hearts will be very much connected to our sisters and brothers in Haiti.”

The celebration continues into March at the Bronx Museum of Art, where two special civil rights exhibits will be on display.

“Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968″ and “After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy” will be on view March 28 through Aug. 11.

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