We Are The Beloved Community Events Page

We Are The Beloved Community Events Page we are the Beloved Community logo

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.

Monday, April 4, 2016

4:30 PM - 6:15 PM April 4th Commemoration, including Rev. Alvin O’Neal Jackson, Bishop Jerry Wayne Taylor, and Rev. Christopher Girata.
In National Civil Rights Museum Courtyard, 450 Mulberry St. Contact: NCRM, 521-9699. More info online.

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 4^th Foundation.
Bishop Henry M. Williamson, Sr.- keynote speaker; Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette and Cardell Orrin - honorees.
At the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. $100/person. Contact Johnson Saulsberry, 859-3364, jesaulsberry1@aol.com More info online.

Friday, April 9, 2016

1:00 – 5:30 PM The Gandhi-King Conference
Themed A Living Movement: Shaping a Just Future, the Gandhi-King Conference has participatory workshops, movement planning, skills-building workshops, and opportunities for action. Come to a conference where you and your community leave in a better place to make things better. Free, but registration required. At the University Center at the University of Memphis. More info online.

Saturday, April 10, 2016

9:30 AM – 5:00 PM The Gandhi-King Conference (continued)
Themed A Living Movement: Shaping a Just Future, the Gandhi-King Conference has participatory workshops, movement planning, skills-building workshops, and opportunities for action. Come to a conference where you and your community leave in a better place to make things better. Free, but registration required. At the University Center at the University of Memphis. More info online.

7:00 - 9:00 PM- The Gandhi-King Conference Keynote Dinner with Tavis Smiley
At National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St. $35/person, pre-registration required. More info online.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

7:00 PM- 8^th Annual Gerard A. Vanderhaar Symposium: Chad Pregracke
"From the Bottom Up: One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Waterways" - Inspired by the river’s beauty and frustrated by its neglect, at the age of 17, he decided to clean it up. Twenty-two years later, Chad and his Living Lands & Waters crew have organized and led over 800 cleanups on 23 rivers in 20 states, including an annual pilgrimage to McKellar Lake, here in Memphis, TN. With help from thousands of volunteers, Living Lands & Waters has removed an estimated eight million pounds of garbage from America’s waterways. At University Theater, Christian Brothers University Campus, 650 E. Parkway S. More info online.

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

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