6:30-9:30pm, annual King Peace program featuring Rev. Bernard Lafayette, MLK Center Freedom Hall, 449 Auburn (at Boulevard). Music, youth performance, progressive market place. The International Action Center will have a table with books on struggles here and around the wworld. Please stop by. Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee Southeast Region office. For more information, e-mail alovelace@afsc.org
Upcoming: Friday Jan 14
27th Annual MLK Celebration
Dekalb County Jan 14th 11:30 am – 1pm Hosted by Brenda Wood Maloof Auditorium 1300 Commerce drive Decatur GA Honorable John Lewis is the special guest speaker.
Monday, Jan. 17 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Holiday
2011 marks the 25th year of the nation recognizing and honoring the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The annual Atlanta march begins at 1pm and travels down Peachtree to Auburn to the King gravesite. There are many contingents to join including labor, students, faith communities etc but a number of peace and justice organizations, including the IAC, gather at Peachtree and Auburn with banners and signs and join the march at the end.
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