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Our goal is to create a beloved community and
this will require a qualitative change in our souls
as well as a quantitative change in our lives.

~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.




Thursday, March 14, 2013

7:00 PM- 7th Annual Gerard A. Vanderhaar Symposium: Communities Engaged in Resolving Urban Social Conflict.
At Spain Auditorium, Christian Brothers University. More info online.



Wednesday, April 3, 2012

7:00 PM- 10:00 pm; Mountaintop Speech Commemoration. Panel discussion on economic and racial justice, remarks from civil rights leaders and entertainment. Includes Karen Finney of MSNBC, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Benjamin Todd Jealous of the NAACP, Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream and Terry O'Neill of the National Organization for Women. Civil rights leaders the Rev. Al Sharpton, AFL-CIO Exec. Vice Pres. Arlene Holt Baker, AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders and Martin Luther King III will also give special remarks
At Mason Temple, 930 Mason St. Contact: AFSCME. 525-2458. See AFSCME Events Flyer. More info online. Go to the event Facebook page.



Thursday, April 4, 2013

8:30 AM- Naming of 1968 Strikers Lane in honor of the 1300 striking sanitation workers followed by
9:00 AM- 45th Annual March from the King Center to the National Civil Rights Museum.
At Dr Martin L King Jr Labor Center, 485 Beale. Contact: AFSCME, 525-2458. See AFSCME Events Flyer. More info online. Go to the event Facebook page.

10:00 AM- AFSCME Rally in Civil Rights Museum Courtyard
At National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St. Contact: AFSCME, 525-2458.

12:00 PM- Panel Discussion
At National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St. Contact: NCRM, 521-9699.

1:00 PM- Release of Civil Rights Interviews on Crossroads to Freedom Website
Online at www.crossroadstofreedom.org.

5:30 PM- Rev. Keith Norman and local faith leaders discuss aspects of Dr. King’s life and the civil rights movement today. Miracle Temple COGIC Choir performs.
At National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St. Contact: NCRM, 521-9699.

5:45 PM- Wreath Laying Ceremony by Alpha Phi Alpha
At National Civil Rights Museum. Contact Darryl Arbor, 482-0035, djarbor@aol.com.

6:30 PM- Awards Banquet Gala by April 4th Foundation.
At Cook Convention Center, 255 N. Main St. $100/person. Contact Johnson Saulsberry, 859-3364, jesaulsberry1@aol.com More info online.



Saturday, April 6, 2013

8:00 AM- 2:00 pm The Urban Summit
The Mid-South's premiere experience for Urban Ministry Training from some of the nation's most proven leaders in the field
.
At Christ United Methodist Church, 4488 Poplar Ave. See website to register and for more info.

10:00 AM- MIFA Annual Day of Reflection and Service presented by ServiceMaster.
10 am - 11 am. MIFA's 14th Annual Ceremony Honoring Volunteers, Staff and Dr. King
.
At MIFA, 910 Vance. Contact: MIFA. 529-4514, cnelson@mifa.org. More info online.



Sunday, April 7, 2012

Morning- Faith Community Sunday Services
Local congregations remember and honor Dr. King in their own ways.








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