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AREA MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (MLK) HOLIDAY EVENTS Friday January 16, 2015
Sunday January 18, 2015
12:00 pm SHAW UNIVERSITY MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION
11:00 am WATTS STREET BAPTIST CHURCH 2015 MLK COMMEMORATION
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Thomas Farrow, Pastor - First Baptist Church in Clinton; Bugg Elementary’s choir will perform and Shaw’s Gospel Choir will also provide music.
Rev. Mel Williams, coordinator of End Poverty Durham and part of the Core Leadership Team of REAL Durham, will talk about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy when he delivers the MLK Day sermon. Williams is the retired Senior Minister at Watts Street and began this service during his 24 year tenure. The service will be followed by a lunch and discussion about issues of race and poverty in Durham.
Shaw University Thomas J. Boyd Chapel 118 E. South Street | Raleigh, NC Sponsor Organization: Thomas J. Boyd Chapel For more information contact Chaplain April Rhinehardt at 919 546 8491
3:00 pm MLK RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Duke University Chapel 401 Chapel Dr. | Durham, NC Sponsor Organization: Duke University MLK Commemoration Committee
University Center Annex / Moore Hall Auditorium 1 University Drive | Pembroke, NC Sponsor Organization(s): UNCP’s collegiate NAACP, Office for diversity and Inclusion, Student Affairs, and GPAC
For more information: www.mlk.duke.edu
6:30 pm thru Monday January 19th @ 12 noon ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. YOUTH LOCK-IN Community Family life and Recreation Center at Lyon Park 1313 Halley St. Durham, NC Sponsor Organization(s): First Calvary Baptist Church, West End Community Foundation, Inc., Durham Parks and Recreation & Duke – Durham Neighborhood Partnership
For more information, contact Dr. Robert Canida, II at canida@uncp.edu or (910) 5216508
Saturday January 17, 2015 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm MLK: REMEMBERING THE LEGACY THROUGH THE ARTS W. D. Hill Recreation Center 1308 Fayetteville Road | Durham, NC Sponsor Organization(s): Durham (NC) Parks & Recreation Dept.
An overnight youth community event celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King that includes motivational speakers, performances from local high school bands, dance and performing arts, and various games and activities to build team camaraderie. The event will end with participation in the Durham Unity March and Rally on Monday.
For more information, contact Dolli Bradford (Lock-in chair) (919) 489-4184
Monday January 19, 2015
There will be a host of activities to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. including visual art displays, poetry, community discussions, live performances, arts and crafts projects and more. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call (919) 560-4292
7:00 am 35TH ANNUAL MLK TRIANGLE INTERFAITH PRAYER BREAKFAST
Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center 4700 Emperor Boulevard | Research Triangle Park, NC Sponsor Organization: Triangle MLK Jr. Committee
8:00 pm SOUNDS OF JUSTICE & INCLUSION MUSICAL PROGRAM
Musical program honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. including performances by Durham Symphony, John Brown “Little” Big Band, Yolanda Rabun and 100 Men in Black Choir.
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A service to remember, celebrate, and honor the work and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Open to the public. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP and founder of the Forward Together Moral Movement, will deliver the keynote address. This year’s theme, “Dignity Through Dissent: Demanding Civil Rights in a Modern World,” honors the memory of Duke historian John Hope Franklin as the university prepares to observe the 100th anniversary of his birth.
The kickoff event will consist of a VIP reception for Dr .Benjamin Chavis, Jr. (Civil rights activist, Wilmington Ten, scholar, author, etc.) in the University Center Annex. The reception will be followed by The Life and Times of Paul Robeson: A Play, performed by United in Music in Moore Auditorium. Only 75 VIP tickets will be sold!
For more information: www.mlk.duke.edu
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Lunch reservations can be made by calling the church office at 919-688-1366.
5:30 pm UNC - PEMBROKE MLK CELEBRATION KICKOFF EVENT
Duke University Baldwin Auditorium 1336 Campus Drive | Durham, NC Sponsor Organization: Duke University MLK Commemoration Committee
Watts Street Baptist Church 800 Watts Street | Durham, NC Sponsor Organization: Watts Street Baptist Church
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Keynote Speaker - Dr. James H. Johnson, a social entrepreneur, has spent the past two decades examining and testing strategies for sucJohnson cessfully educating children who live in areas of concentrated poverty. Dr. Johnson is the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. Free Breakfast served from 6-8 am only! Doors open at 5:45 am; breakfast will end at 8 am.
For more information: www.trianglemlk.com/programs-events/
9:00 am MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY RALLY, MARCH &
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