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MLK Day Events

Posted on January 15, 2009January 19, 2009 by Staff

Local groups and organizations will honor Martin Luther King Jr. next week with events and celebrations scheduled Monday as well as throughout the rest of the week.Rally & March
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch of the NAACP will sponsor its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally, march and worship service starting at 9 a.m. on Monday at the Franklin Street Post Office in Chapel Hill.

This year’s theme is “Environmental Racism” and the keynote speaker will be Rev. Robert Campbell of the Rogers Road community.

The rally will be followed by a march down Franklin Street starting at 10:15 a.m. The march will end at the First Baptist Church on North Roberson Street where a worship service will begin at 10:30 a.m. The keynote speaker for the worship service will be Rev. Troy Harrison, pastor at St. Joseph’s CME Church.

For more information, call 923-8479 or visit www.chapelhill-carrboro-naacp.org

Community Events
• UNC Health Care will hold “From Dreams to Reality,” a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony, on Friday from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the lobby of the N.C. Children’s Hospital. The keynote speaker will be Laurie Maffly-Kipp, adjunct professor of American studies and religious studies at UNC. Prince Taylor will also perform.

• The 28th Annual University/Community Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Friday Center on N.C. 54. The keynote speaker will be Bishop Gene Hatley, pastor of Barbee’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. For ticket information and availability, call 962-6962.

• Triangle United Way will host the Triangle Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Christ United Methodist Church on Market Street in Chapel Hill on Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will create 1,500 Valentine’s Day care packages for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. Volunteers are also needed to make blankets and scarves for clients of local Triangle United Way partner agencies.
Volunteers of all ages are welcome and participants are strongly encouraged to register online ahead of time. For more information or to register, visit www.unitedwaytriangle.org/mlk

Campus Events
• The MLK Youth Leadership Program will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Carolina Union. The program offers middle school students the chance to explore King’s dream through games, activities and performance. For more information, visit www.unc.edu/rocts

• The UNC MLK Day for Service will be held on Monday starting at 8 a.m. Participants should meet at the Great Hall at the Carolina Union. Registration is required. Register online at www.unc.edu/rocts. For more information, contact Mia Barnes at miabarnes87@unc.edu

• The Unity Dinner will be held on Monday at 5 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Student Union. Carolina students from an array of organizations will come together to share dinner and make new connections. Registration is limited. For more information, contact Bryce Jenkins at bjjenkins@email.unc.edu

• “He Was a Poem, He Was a Song,” a program featuring music by Bradley Simmons of the Duke Djembe Ensemble and the jazz quartet R-EFFEct, led by saxophonist Ron Baxter, will be held Monday at 7 p.m. at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theater. A reception will follow the program, which is free and open to the public.

• The Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Cabaret. Participants will present original monologues regarding the theme “From Blueprint to Masterpiece – Making Our Dreams a Reality.” For more information, contact Eboni Blake at blak@email.unc.edu

• A candlelight vigil will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday around the Old Well. The event will also feature brief speeches and performances.

• The MLK Keynote Lecture, featuring author Maya Angelou, will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Hall. The event will also feature the presentation of the 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship. Tickets are free, available at the Memorial Hall box office. Limit two tickets per person. For more information, contact Memorial Hall at 843-3333.

• The film Darius Goes West will be screened on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Student Union Great Hall. A panel discussion with the makers of the film will follow the screening.

• “I, Too, Sing America,” a cultural celebration bringing diverse campus organizations together in song, dance and poetry, will be held Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Great Hall. The program honors Langston Hughes poem “I, Too, Sing America.”

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