Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration in Heidelberg, Jan. 23rd.
Posted by Daniel Hershberger | | Posted On Friday, January 15, 2010 at 10:26 AM
4th Annual International Commemoration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Heidelberg's Rhein-Neckar Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) with the Deutsch-Amerikanishes Institut (DAI) (German American Institute) of Heidelberg will jointly sponsor the 24th annual international commemoration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Saturday, 23 January 2010.
The program will be held at the Providenz Kirche (Providence Church) in Heidelberg at Hauptstrasse 90a. The commemoration program will start at 6:00 p.m. and features American and international guest speakers as well as spiritual and gospel songs. The theme for this year's program will be "A Dream Fulfilled?... Moving Towards Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's., Promised Land."
The U.S. keynote speaker will be the Reverend Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Senior Minister of Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church. Rev. Sekou founded the Interfaith Worker Justice Center for New Orleans in response to the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. He authored the critically acclaimed "Urban Souls," which explored the roots of hip-hop culture. Rev. Sekou is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Freeman fellow with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. A German speaker for the program has not been named.
The program will feature gospel music by the Benjamin Franklin Village Chapel Gospel Choir of Mannheim and the Pan African Organization's Manita Choir.
A reception will immediately follow the program at the Adolf Winter Saal at Plöck 16-18 in Heidelberg. The entire event is open to the public and is free.
Further information is available from NAACP Rhein-Neckar Branch President, Calvin Robinson, at 0621-9766327, or from the International Commemoration Program Chair, Michael AlliMadi, at 06221-182923.
*The Rhein-Neckar Branch, NAACP, is a U.S. Army Garrison, Heidelberg, Private Organization.
Submitted by Rhein-Neckar Branch, NAACP, Publicity Committee member, Malcolm Carpenter, Tel: 06203-81214/85010
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