[Peace-discuss] January 2008 MLK events

[Karen Medina]

Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration 2008 Events

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008
4:00 pm
Seventh Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Countywide Day of Celebration
"Transforming Our Communities Through Peace & Justice"

Keynote: Joyce Tucker, VP Global Diversity and Employee Rights for the Boeing Corporation

Featured entertainment will be the University of Illinois Black Chorus, Dr. Ollie Watts Davis, Conductor

Reception immediately following the program

4:00 pm @ Hilton Garden Inn, 1501 S. Neil St., Champaign
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008
5:00 pm
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Community Celebration

Keynote: Fr. Joseph Brown, S.J., Director of the Black American Studies Program, SIU Carbondale

5:00 pm @ The Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2008
8:30 am 	
Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast

8:30 am @ The Vineyard Church; 1500 N Lincoln Ave. Urbana
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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10:00 am 	
Urbana Rotary and Urbana High School Interact - Youth Festival
Featuring presentations by:
    *Urbana and Mahomet School combined choirs
    *Reading of Dr. King's "I have a Dream" speech by Nicholas Lyles, Urbana High School students
    *Interactive workshop on Diversity, conducted by Sam Smith

For further information contact: Grace Mitchell, Urbana Senior High School 384-3505
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10:00 am @ Illinois Street Residence Hall multipurpose room, Urbana
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
     
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
7:00 pm 	
Voteless People are a Hopeless People
University of Illinois Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium

7:00 pm @ 112 Greg Hall, 810 S. Wright Street, Urbana
Sponsored by:
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Cultural & Minority Affairs Committee of Illinois Student Senate, College Democrats and College Republicans
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2008
2 - 4:30 pm 	
Lending a Voice, Sharing a Vision
A University of Illinois Family Friendly Community Event

    * Mo Better Blues School Program Jazz Group
    * Cultural Stories
    * Essay Contest Presentations
    * Classic Events Reception
    * Omnimov Dancers
    * Djibril Camara and the Maragiri Drum and Dance Group

2:00 pm @ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Lobby
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC


                  

[This information was taken from http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/mlk/calendar/calendar.html ]