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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Events

Carrboro/Chapel Hill

The annual community celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held Jan. 21 begining with a rally with speeches and song at 9:30 a.m. at the Peace & Justice Plaza at the Franklin Street Post Office. At 10:30 a.m. particpants will march west on Franklin Street to First Baptist at 106 N. Roberson Street for the annual service commenrating King’s life. The Rev. Curtis Gatewood, former president of the Durham Chapter of the NAACP, is the featured speaker at the 11 a.m. service.

Chatham County

The annual Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast will be held Saturday, Jan. 19 at 8am at the Holy Trinity Church in Siler City. Donation is is $8 For more information, contact Alma Taylor at 774-8492.

Triangle Wide

The 27th annual Triangle Interfaith Prayer breakfast will be held Monday, Jan. 21 at 8 a.m. at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Research Triangle Park. The event is free nd open to the public. Information is available on the web at www.king-raleigh.org. Doors open at 7:15am.

On campus

Jan 20
6pm — 23rd Annual University/Community Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Banquet, William & Ida B. Friday Center for Continuing Education, Keynote Speaker: Rev. Chancy R. Edwards, Pastor Emeritus, First Baptist Church, Fayetteville, NC and senior advisor to the governor of North Carolina. To purchase tickets, please contact 962-6962 or visit unc.edu/diversity/mlk/schedule

Jan 21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Observance

• Day for Service, 8:30 a.m.,
Meet at Great Hall, Carolina Union

• MLK Youth Leadership Program, 9:30 am
www.unc.edu/rocts.

• He Was a Poem: A Gathering in the Tradition, 7 pm Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum, The Sonja Haynes Stone Center

This event will explore King’s legacy through music, poetry and spoken word with musician Bradley Simmons of the Duke University Djembe Ensemble, poets Michael and Lita Simanga and spoken word artist Kim Arrington.

Jan 22

• Candlelight Vigil, 6:30pm, McCorkle Place, around the Old Well

• MLK Keynote Lecture: Ruby Dee and Presentation of 26th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship, 7pm, Memorial Hall, Ruby Dee UNC Students: free tickets available, Jan 10, General Public: free tickets available Jan 16. Limit 2 tickets per person. Memorial Hall Box Office Information: 843-3333

Jan 23

• Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Contest, 7:30pm, Caberet, Carolina Union, Oratorical contest participants will address “From Dreams to Reality: The Illusion of Full Inclusion.”

Jan 24

• Screening and Discussion, 5pm, Auditorium, Fedex Global Education Center, Join filmmaker Michele Stephenson for the North Carolina debut of “Faces of Change,” an award-winning documentary following the stories of five activists working to eradicate racism in New Orleans, Mauritania, India, Brazil and Bulgaria. A discussion with the filmmaker will follow the screening.

•Unity Dinner, 7:30pm, Seminar Rooms and Gallery, Campus Y
Carolina students from an array of organizations will come together to share dinner and make new connections. Registration is limited.

Jan 25

• The Lived Experience of Race: Reflections on “A Class Divided “ and MLK’s Dream of a Better Tomorrow, 12:15pm, 1:15pm and 2:15pm, Great Hall, Carolina Union

In this experiential screening, participants will be seated based on eye color to view selections of the PBS documentary “A Class Divided,” which recounts school teacher Jane Elliot’s “blue eye, brown eye” exercise, and Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

• “I, Too, Sing America”: The New Frontier, 7pm, Great Hall, Student Union,