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■ AARP Driver Safety for Seniors. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Bring your AARP membership card. Scott Candler Library, 1917 Candler Road, Decatur. This workshop teaches AARP members how to navigate adverse weather, deal with aggressive drivers and new technology. 404-286-6986, DeKalbLibr­ary.org

■ Parenting a Second Time Around (PASTA). 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday. Free. Covington Library, 3500 Covington Highway, Decatur. This 10-week parenting workshop for grandparen­ts raising grandchild­ren is sponsored by Project GRANDD which provides support groups, case management, training, education and referrals to support stable, safe and loving families. 404-508-7180, DeKalbLibr­ary.org

■ MLK Day Parade: “Rememberin­g the Dream, Honoring the Dreamer” by NAACP DeKalb County Branch. 10 a.m. parade lineup, 11:30 opening ceremony, noon parade Jan. 21. Green Pastures Christian Church, 5455 Flat Shoals Parkway, Decatur, with the parade ending at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, 3991 Snapfinger Road, Lithonia. Vietnam veterans will be honored as well as DeKalb sanitation workers since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was advocating for Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers before his assassinat­ion in 1968. The grand marshal will be the daughters of Sarah CoplinWood, the founding chair of this chapter who died in 2018. Several bands from the DeKalb County School District will be performing. Registerby­today withChairp­erson Vivian Moore at 404-2418006, NAACPdek@comcast.net or DeKalbGaNA­ACP.org.

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