MLK Event Calendar
Friday, January 14, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
“Right, Temporarily Defeated, Is Stronger Than Evil Triumphant”:
Martin Luther King, Jr’s words are a guiding force for local activists girding
themselves for another year of struggle as they seize the occasion of Martin
Luther King Day to celebrate solidarity:
Thursday, 1/13: "Jack
O'Dell: Just a Human Rights Foot Soldier"
7P; National Museum of
Natural History, Constitution Ave & 10th St NW
O’Dell worked with Dr.
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLS) as
director of voter registration in seven Southern states from 1961 to 1963. This
event is billed as “A Conversation with James Early” featuring music by
local singer and activist Luci Murphy.
RSVP to 202-287-3382 or AMRSVP@si.edu
Sunday, 1/16:
MLK's Call For Justice: Responding As Jews To The Crisis In
Housing
12-2:30P; Tifereth Israel Congregation, 7701 16th Street NW (at
Juniper St.), Washington, DC
Join Jews United For Justice, AtOne (Area Tikkun
Olam Network) and Tifereth Israel Congregation in a special MLK weekend brunch
event on housing issues.
RSVP to Avi Rosenblit at jufj@earthlink.net, or 202-331-5835
Tuesday, 1/18: Jewish Interpretations of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech: Tikkun Olam Text Study With Simon
Amiel
7P; DC JCC, 16th St. at Q St. NW, Room 3
Celebrate the birthday of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by studying the inspiring "I Have a Dream" speech in
a Talmudic format developed by Hillel's Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish
Learning.
RSVP to jufj@earthlink.net
Thursday, 1/20: FILM: Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard
Rustin
7P; Provisions Library, 1611 Connecticut Ave, NW, Second
Floor,
Presented in cooperation with Quaker Arts; members $5 non-members
$8
Master strategist and tireless social activist Bayard Rustin is best
remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest
nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. The staunch ally of
organized labor helped found the A. Philip Randolph Institute.
agrifffiths@provisionslibrary.org
Friday, 1/21: Solidarity In Living Color
7-10P;
Plymouth Congregational UCC, 5301 North Capital St., NE
Rally and Cultural
Festival to showcase solidarity in living color “calls on the diverse
progressive community to connect the struggles of many and focus our energy
together to achieve common goals” and features Rosie O'Donnell, Leslie Cagan,
United for Peace and Justice, Rev. Graylan Hagler, Plymouth Congregational UCC,
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange and Code Pink, Damu Smith, Black Voices for
Peace, Adele Welty, 911 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and others.
gshagler@earthlink.net
HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ACROSS THE US: In cities
nationwide, including Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, San Antonio, Texas and
Los Angeles, union members will mark the holiday in a variety of activities. For
a state-by-state listing of King Day events, click
here.