Martin Luther King Events - 2007
This is the
website link got MLK Jr Events in
Dayton:
http://iis.stat.wright.edu/MLK/
Year 2007
Greater Dayton Events of MLK Jr.
Holiday Celebration
Theme of Year 2007: We're Taking
Them Back
-
Emancipation Proclamation Celebration
Date: Monday, January 1
Time/Place: Noon at the Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 5191
Hoover Avenue
Speaker: Judge Wendell Griffen
Arkansas Court of Appeals
- The MLK Memorial Worship Service
Date: Sunday, January 7
Time/Place: 3:30 p.m.
St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, 519 Liscum
at 35 West
- Youth Activities
Kick-off
Date: Saturday, January 6
Place/Times: Bomberger Teen Center, 1306 E. Fifth Street
Noon - 3:00 p.m.: Recreational Activities
7:00 - 11:00 p.m.: Dance $5.00 (benefits SCLC
Youth Programs)
Teen Summit
Dates: Monday, January 8 ,
Place/Time: Bomberger Teen Center, 1306 E. Fifth Street
6-8 p.m. (includes dinner)
Music Workshops/Rehearsals
Dates: Tuesday - Thursday, January 9 - 11,
Place:
Dayton Cultural & RTA Transit Center
40 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd
- The MLK Interfaith Prayer Breakfast ($25.00 Ticket)
Date/Time: Friday January 12, 7:00 a.m.
Place: Sinclair Community College, Bldg. 12
444 W. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Speaker: Dr. G. Edwin Zeiders
President, United Theological Seminary
- The Margaret Peters MLK School Awards Program
Date/Time: Friday, January 12, 7:00 p.m.
Place: Smith Auditorium in Bldg. 12 at Sinclair Community College
444 W. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
- The MLK Musical
Date/Time: Sunday, January14, 6:30 p.m.,
Place: Fairhaven Church,
637 E. Whipp Rd. Centerville
-
The MLK Memorial March and
Rally
Date/Time: Monday, January 15, Monday.
Marchers will leave from EAST, WEST, NORTH and
SOUTH
with the rally at the Courthouse Square will be held
arounf noon.
EAST: Marchers will begin walking at 10:45 a.m. from Laborer's
Local Union Hall 1410
2228 East MLK Jr. Way 10:45 a.m.
WEST: Marchers will begin walking at 10:30 a.m. from SCLC
Headquarters
2132 W. MLK, Jr. Way (Third St.)
NORTH: Marchers will begin walking at 11:00 a.m. from the
Memorial Baptist Church
1222 N. Main Street 11:00 a.m.
SOUTH: Marchers will begin walking at 11:00 a.m. from the
Montgomery County Fairground
1943 S. Main Street 11:00 a.m.
Around noon after the
March and Rally
at the Courthouse, please join
A Taste of Dialogue that is arranged by the
Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations and is held with a free
lunch at the Schuster Performing Arts Center. Tickets are necessary,
but free to obtain: See the note below or get its
flyer as a Word file.
- The MLK Presidential Banquet ($50.00 Ticket)
Date/Time: Monday January 15, 6:30 p.m.
Time/Place: Mandalay Banquet Center
2700 E. River Road
Speaker: Dr. Johnetta Cole, President, Bennett College
Note 1: Buses and vans that accompany each quad should
follow the marchers and park as follow.
- East - park on E. Third Street between Main and Jefferson, AFTER
the marchers are in place at 3rd and Main;
- South - park on S. Main street between Third and Fourth streets,
AFTER the marchers are in place at 3rd and Main;
- North - park on N. Main street between Second and Third Streets,
AFTER the marchers are in place at 3rd and Main;
- West - Units will be directed to parking on
Ludlow between Second and Fourth streets.
Note 2: For Prayer Breakfast and
Presidential Banquet tickets and information, please contact the SCLC
office staff at 2132 W. Dr. MLK Jr. Way,
(937) 268-0051 or
obbcleg@aol.com
Note 3: Tickets are necessary to
participate and may be secured from the following locations between 9:00
am and 5:00 pm for January 8-12; or obtained on the Holiday from quad
leaders at the four starting locations and DDRR representatives at the
March/Rally. Two locations to secure tickets:
Human Relations Council, City of
Dayton
317 W. 2nd St., #100, call Tonya Todd at
(937) 228-7277
St. Paul United Methodist Church, 101 Huffman Ave., call
(937) 252-4467
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