PHILADELPHIA – Organizers of remembrances of Martin Luther King, Jr. are promising a little more action and a little less service this year.

A new coalition formed out of recent “Black Lives Matter” protests in Philadelphia called MLK D.A.R.E. – an acronym for Martin Luther King Day of Action Resistance, and Empowerment – plan to gather 10,000 people to march from the city’s public school offices to Center City, where they will demand an end to “stop and frisk” police practices and a new police oversight board, and demand a $15 per hour minimum wage and more money for the city’s mismanaged and dysfunctional school district, Philly.com reports.

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“We can no longer just sit back and watch our children be killed in the street,” Kendra Brooks, spokesperson for the education group Parents United, told the news site.

Rev. Mark Tyler of Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church elaborated further.

“While we recognize the importance of service, Dr. King was not assassinated because of his charity work,” Tyler said. “He was assassinated because he challenged the status quo.

“We only do honor to his memory if we continue to fight the same fight.”

The city’s previous Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations included projects to help the community, like painting schools, donating school supplies, and cleaning Philadelphia’s streets. Some of those things will continue as part of a regional Day of Service that’s expected to draw 135,000 volunteers across three states to take on 1,800 service projects.

But this year, MLK D.A.R.E. is focused on reframing King’s legacy as one of “direct action,” instead of “passive” service work.

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Sharon Gramby-Sobukwe, a minister at First Corinthian Baptist Church and a march organizer, told Philly.com that Martin Luther King Jr.’s service work isn’t what he should be recognized for.

“That’s not his true legacy,” she said. “We’re seeking to reclaim his legacy, the legacy we think is critical to justice in this country.”

And Tyler and others don’t believe the new focus conflicts with the massive Day of Service.

“We are not at odds with the Day of Service,” Tyler said. “But when you talk about Dr. King, we’re really talking about a man of action. There’s a feeling by the average person, ‘In this moment, I have to do something.’ They couldn’t go to Ferguson. They couldn’t go to Staten Island. This march becomes an opportunity for people to put feet to their faith.”

“It’s all under one tent,” Todd Bernstein, founder of the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, told Philly.com. “Not only are we supportive (of the MLK D.A.R.E. rally), the whole purpose of the King day of celebration is for everyone to claim it.”

“The impetus for MLK D.A.R.E … springs from the ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests in Philadelphia last month. Its members include religious leaders, labor unions, parent groups, and students,” according to Philly.com.

Event organizers told the news site their aim is to send a message to incoming Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and candidates running for mayor of Philadelphia.