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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Athens, Georgia: "Claiming A Street Named King" 2007 Final Report for the Georgia Clients Council, the Georgia Legal Services Program and others about MLK Parkway in Athens, GA submitted by Prof. Dr. Mary Anne Alabanza Akers of the University of Georgia School of Environmental Design

"Claiming A Street Named King"

2007 "Claiming A Street Named King" Final Report for Georgia Clients Council about MLK Parkway in Athens, GA

Above is a 56-page report on "Claiming A Street Named King" 2007 study and analysis of MLK Parkway in Athens, Georgia submitted to Georgia Clients Council.

The report was conducted by Dr. Mary Anne Alabanza Akers, Associate Professor at the University of Georgia School of Environmental Design.

Claiming A Street Named King: An economic effort by the Georgia Clients Council, Georgia Legal Services Programs and others "to make good on King’s promise" by creating "livable streets" one community at a time

It's time to take studies like these in Athens and Augusta and find economic development opportunities on streets named for civil rights leaders in Georgia and across the United States of America

If we can invest in bombs, surely we can invest in America’s inner cities and other locations that stand for our country's heritage.

In many communities, the inner cities and streets named for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are being forgotten and are dying a slow death.
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Claiming A Street Named King: A Project Based on the Vision of MLK With a Goal of "Empowering Our Communities" by Author/Professor Dr. Derek H. Alderman of East Carolina University

About 900 Streets Across the United States of America are Named for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Claiming A Street Named King" Project uses the vision of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Community Development Model in Reclaiming Streets Named After MLK:

"The Beloved Community"

"Economic Justice"

"Community Empowerment"

"Livable Cities"

"Sense of Place/Belonging"


Atlanta, GA: Author/Professor Dr. Derek H. Alderman Talks About the "Claiming A Street Named King" Project ...


(Atlanta, Georgia) - In September 2010, Author/Professor Dr. Derek H. Alderman explained facets of the "Claiming A Street Named King" Project during a Power Point presentation entitled "Empowering Our Communities" during a Georgia Clients Council event in Atlanta, Georgia.

Professor Alderman is a research fellow at East Carolina University and a geographer who has helped work on a plan for the redevelopment of the Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards.

The goal is to “improve the condition of boulevards named after Martin Luther King, Jr. across Georgia” and the nation.

Of the 900 streets named for civil rights legend MLK, over 78 percent are located in 10 south states: Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, North Carolina, Arkansas, South Carolina, Kentucky.

Streets named for Dr. King are located in 40 states, DC and Puerto Rico.

“To name any street for King is to invite an accounting of how the street makes good on King’s promise or mocks it,” said Author Jonathan Tilove, who wrote the book “Along Martin Luther King: Travels on Black America's Main Street.”

Labeled by the media as a “King Street naming expert,” Dr. Alderman has written numerous formal papers like "Martin Luther King, Jr. Streets in the South: A New Landscape of Memory” and co-wrote a book about the naming of streets for the slain civil rights leader entitled “Civil Rights Memorials and the Geography of Memory.”

“King streets commemorate the civil rights movement as a completed part of the past, but they speak, perhaps more importantly, to the still unfinished nature of the dream,” Alderman said.

He said the project is using Dr. King’s Vision as a Community Development Model in reclaimed streets named after Dr. King:

“The Beloved Community, Economic Justice, Community Empowerment, Livable Cities, Sense of Place/Belonging.”

For a community to develop a grassroots revitalization plan, it must first understand its strengths, assets and opportunities, as well as its problems and challenges, Alderman said.

Through community-based research, residents are able to interpret the information and use it to take proactive steps towards improving their conditions, Alderman said.

Dr. Derek H. Alderman, PhD is a Professor of Geography at East Carolina University, where he is also a Research Fellow in Cultural and Heritage Tourism in the Center for Sustainable Tourism.

Dr. Alderman’s research focuses on the naming of streets for Martin Luther King, Jr. and the political struggles that frequently surround the naming process.

He focuses on how the struggle to name roads for King is part of a broader fight for public space in American cities and extensions of the ongoing struggle for civil rights and livability.

Alderman has a broader interest in economic and social empowerment through African American heritage tourism and how tourist places and spaces serve as arenas for the negotiation of identity, place, and memory within communities.

Organizers hope the project will inspire others to start similar efforts along other streets named for human rights leaders like Coretta Scott King, Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Grace Lee Boggs, Cesar Chavez, Nelson Mandela and Mr. James Brown, according to Project Founder Rev. Terence A. Dicks of Augusta, Georgia.


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Claiming A Street Named King: An economic effort by the Georgia Clients Council, Georgia Legal Services Program and others "to make good on King’s promise" by creating "livable streets" one community at a time

It's time to take action on studies like those done on Augusta and Athens and find economic development opportunities on streets named for civil rights leaders in Georgia, the United States of America and the world

If we can invest in bombs, surely we can invest in the inner city and other locations that stand for our country's heritage

Claiming A Street Named King Story

Friday, January 27, 2012

AOL News Story about the Claiming A Street Named King Project entitled "MLK, USA: Many King Streets Stuck on Economic Outskirts" by Stefanos Chen

"Claiming A Street Named King" Project

MLK, USA: Many King Streets Stuck on Economic Outskirts


martin luter king jrTwenty-six years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was first honored with a holiday, his legacy has flourished -- and not just in the annals of history. Today, there are more than an estimated 900 streets in America that bear the civil rights leader's name.

But even as the memory of King remains at the heart of American discourse, many of his namesake streets are drifting further to the social and economic periphery.

"There tends to be a marginalization of King's name," Derek Alderman, professor of geography at East Carolina University, told AOL Real Estate. Alderman, who has spent the better part of a decade chronicling the number of streets named after the slain civil rights leader, has encountered the paradox many times before -- beloved as the man may be, in real estate, some homebuyers and store owners ascribe a kind of stigma to the name.

Using Realtor.com's database of homes on the market, an analysis of properties on Martin Luther King Jr. streets lends some credence to that view. In 2010, the median list price for homes with "Martin Luther King Jr." in the address was $79,900. By 2011, it had fallen to $69,900, a 12.5 percent decrease. The U.S. median list price was more than twice that last year, at $170,000, and saw only a 4.7 percent drop in the same period, according to the National Association of Realtors. (In the gallery below, see a random sampling of homes on MLK streets.)


In many ways, Alderman said, it's a case of perception becoming reality. Residents and business owners oppose the renaming of thriving streets because of an unfounded fear that the civil rights leader's name may hurt property value. Instead, the commemorations of King, who was assassinated in 1968, are often quite literally pushed to the margins of town, on streets of communities that are already economically challenged.

"When a street's name means something [to property value] it's because of the location," said Alice Palmisano, executive director of Brown Harris Stevens Appraisal & Consulting Co. in New York City. "Park Avenue means something because it's in a great neighborhood," not because the name has some intrinsic real estate value.

Compounding the problem for many of these predominantly African-American communities was the rampant predatory lending that plagued poorer neighborhoods during the sub-prime mortgage run-up. In fact, the Justice Department is now seeking to repay more than 200,000 minority borrowers who were steered toward high-interest subprime loans when many qualified for better terms. The search is part of a historic $335 million discriminatory lending settlement levied against Bank of America's Countrywide Financial unit.

But to write off the more than 900 streets that pay homage to King as "struggling" would be wide of the mark, said the Rev. Terence Dicks, project director of the "Claiming a Street Named King" program in Augusta, Ga.

There are several prominent examples of MLK streets with healthy economies and rich cultural legacies, such as the ones in New York City, Austin and, of course, King's hometown of Atlanta. But Dicks' project aims to take an accounting of the problems faced by MLK throughways that continue to face economic hardship.

"I want to see an area meant for bad, used for good," he said, referring to the stigma accompanying many of the streets -- especially when King's legacy is at stake. "Young people do not remember Dr. King as well as they should," and the negativity being attributed to the streets named in his honor is not helping matters.

Alderman, who has collaborated with the grassroots project, echoes his sentiment.

"There's just no way that Martin Luther King's name causes poverty."

“Claiming A Street Named King” Project : Augusta, Georgia study shows areas that need economic assistance – and that’s the same issue in many American cities that have streets named for civil rights leaders

"Claiming A Street Named King"


“Claiming A Street Named King” Project study in Augusta, Georgia that shows areas that need economic assist...

The “Claiming A Street Named King” project is the vision of the past Georgia Clients Council President Rev. Terence A. Dick of Augusta, Georgia.

The above Power Point presentation is the result of a study in Augusta, Georgia about a street named for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

It began with research in Athens and Augusta (Georgia) through the University Of Georgia School Of Environmental Design.

Research was led by Dr. Mary Anne Akers in collaboration with Georgia Legal Services Program, Georgia State Trade Association of Non-profit Developers (G-STAND) and Neighborhood Works America, INC.

About The Project:

Derek Alderman, a cultural geographer at East Carolina University, has done extensive research on Martin Luther King Jr. roadways and was a key advisor for the Clients Council and stakeholders.

There are over 900 streets named after Martin Luther King in the United States.

There are also a number of other countries that have named streets in honor of Martin Luther King.

Many of the streets named in honor of Martin Luther King are in beautiful well-manicured neighborhoods, downtown business districts, interstate and highways.

But too many Martin Luther King Jr. thorough-ways are in poor, crime infested dilapidated communities.

"To name any street for King is to invite an accounting of how the street makes good on King's promise or mocks it" states Jonathan Tilove author of "Along Martin Luther King"

The “Claiming A Street Named King” project is the Georgia Clients Council CED effort to make good on King's promise one community at a time.

The “Claiming A Street Named King” project is more than building new houses or rehabbing homes.

This community economic development project is a citizen initiated economic development strategy which seeks to revitalize the economy of low-moderate income and marginal neighborhoods both urban and rural for the benefit of the whole community.

Its principal objective is to assist consumers in becoming producers, users to become providers, employees to employers.

The CED utilizes entrepreneurial methods similar to traditional business methods.
The Beloved Community:

This project is the Georgia Clients Council's vision of the Beloved Community - one street at a time.

What is the Beloved Community?

The Beloved Community is Martin Luther King's global vision in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth.

In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human indecency will not allow it.

Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood.

In the Beloved Community, international disputes will be resolve by peaceful conflict resolution and reconciliation for adversaries, instead of military power. Love and trust will triumph over fear and hatred. Peace with justice will prevail over war and military conflict.

King's Beloved Community was not devoid of interpersonal group or international conflict.

Instead he recognized that conflict was inevitable part of human experience as people moved toward the idea of "positive peace" of social equality rather than the "negative peace" of maintaining social order simply for the sake of order.

He believed that conflicts could be resolved peacefully and adversaries could be reconciled through mutual, determined commitment to nonviolence.

In a July 13, 1966 article in Christian Century Magazine, Dr. King affirmed the ultimate goal inherent in the quest for the Beloved Community:

"I do not think of political power as an end. Neither do I think of economic power as an end. They are ingredients in the objective that we seek in life. And I think that end or that objective is truly brotherly society, the creation of the beloved community."

“The Claiming A Street Named King” (CASNK) project provides a way of grounding and enhancing the idea of a Beloved Community in the spaces, places and streets in which we live.

The project seeks to evaluate the many roadways named for Dr. King and expose the forms of racism, discrimination, and inequality still found along and near these streets.

Our intention is to use community-based research and critical public dialogue to understand what social, economic/development, environmental, and health challenges face communities along Dr. King's streets as well as think about concrete ways of improving the quality of life in these communities.

You can read more about Derek Alderman's project by downloading the presentation here.

Athens, Georgia:

The first meeting of the Claiming a Street Named King (CASNK) project was held in Athens, Georgia.

It was presented by Terence Dicks, former president of the Georgia Clients Council.

Present were:

Alvin Sheats, Director of the Hancock Community Development Center

Phyllis Holmen, Director of Georgia Legal Services Program

Ovita Thornton, Director of the Georgia Clients Council

Dr. Maryanne A. Akers, University of Georgia Professor

After much discussion, Dr. Akers took the role of developing the research using her School of Environmental Design graduate and under graduate students.

Not only did college students do the research but Georgia Clients Council members took part in the community and classroom course, but "Sitting in a college classroom motivated me to go back to school and get my GED and now I am taking classes at Athens Technical College," states Juanita Johnson.
Augusta, Georgia:

Collaborating with Marshall Crawford of Neighbor Works America and Kate Little of GSTAND helped produce the Augusta report. Georgia students interviewed and collected stories about Martin Luther King Street in Augusta, Georgia.

Senior citizens at the Mays Senior reflected on the changes they had seen on MLK.

Mr. Brown talked about the beautiful yards that used to be on MLK. Students interviewed business owners and local politicians on MLK about the how the area had deteriorated.

Tracomedia recorded these personal stories.

Livable Streets:

"Livable Streets" is an increasingly important theme in development and planning circles. Underlying this theme are a few key issues.

First, some streets and roads are more livable places than others and hence more or less supportive of a certain quality of life.

Second, livability is a broad concept that addresses the environmental, social, economic, and health conditions found along streets.

Third, livability is a human right and connected to improving people's wellbeing, including the poor and historically marginalized. The concept of livable streets recognizes that there is an assortment of users of roads from a variety of walks of life.

Fourth, the livability of streets is not permanently set but can be altered through good planning, which begins with an assessment of the conditions, problems, and resources found along streets.

NLADA Presentation by Georgia Clients Council:

Georgia Clients Council presented the Claiming A Street Named King project at the National Legal Aid Defense Association (NLADA) in November 2010.

There were approximately twelve cities from across the country represented-as far as west as California, as far north as Massachusetts and as far south as Alabama.

When asked to describe their MLK streets some of the comments were crime infested, poor black communities, public housing area etc.
Jonathon Tilove, author of "Along Martin Luther King", says "To name any street for King is to invite an accounting of how the street makes good on King's promise or mocks it."

Mr. Tilove has been directly involved in the “Claiming A Street Named King” project.

(Augusta, Georgia) - A longtime community and civil rights activist, Rev. Terence Dicks of Augusta, GA created the “Claiming A Street Named King” project.

The above is from a Power Point presentation explaining an economic study of a street named after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Augusta, GA.

“Claiming A Street Named King” is an initiative Mr. Dicks started during his tenure as chair of Georgia Clients Council.

In hopes of spurring “community and economic development,” the project is about “taking back the street by building businesses and homes on the crime-ridden abandoned boulevards that bear the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

An advocate for the low to moderate income people in Georgia, Rev. Dicks hopes to help others “improve the condition of boulevards named after Martin Luther King, Jr. across Georgia” and hopes it will turn into a nationwide effort.

Mr. Dicks wants “to see those streets given a second chance with the support of the Georgia Legal Services Program and supporters like author Jonathon Tilove.”

Author Jonathon Tilove “wrote the book that inspired me” to start the “Claiming A Street Named King” project.

Mr. Tilove wrote the book “Along Martin Luther King: Travels on Black America's Main Street.”

While the “Claiming A Street Named King” project is still in the planning phase, Mr. Dicks hopes those interested with call, email or message his internet sites like Twitter and Facebook.

The project is also receiving support from Professor Derek H. Alderman, a research fellow at East Carolina University.

“Dr. Alderman is a geographer who has helped us to work on a plan for the redevelopment of the Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards,” Rev. Dicks said. “He is an expert on how to develop those types of properties.”

Labeled by the media as a “King Street naming expert,” Dr. Alderman has written numerous formal papers and co-wrote a book about the naming of streets for the slain civil rights leader entitled “Civil Rights Memorials and the Geography of Memory.”

Mr. Dicks first heard Dr. Alderman during the Tavis Smiley radio talk show.

The 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination is only two years away.

“Some are and were really beautiful but vast majority were in really bad shape,” Mr. Dicks said.

“There was a lot of hope around those streets and what he did for me is he reminded me of why we name those streets for Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Mr. Dicks said.

“And the good feelings we had after we named the streets,” he said “But I realized we had not claimed the streets named after Dr. King.”

“Most important reason we are doing this because we were fortunate that Dr. King lived in our lifetime,” Mr. Dicks said.

While some of today’s youth have been taught a little about Dr. King, “we are heading into the second or third generation who doesn’t know about Dr. King and his achievements,” Rev. Dicks said.

“The generation that starts it (saving Dr. King boulevards) doesn’t have to be the generation who built it,” Rev. Dicks said.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Please help support a travel fund for Rev. Terence A. Dicks of Augusta, Georgia, the new Southern Regional organizer for the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and current PDA Georgia State Coordinator

This is an announcement from the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA):

Meet Terence Dicks

Dear Supporter,
Terence Dicks From Maine to Arizona we have watched the erosion of workers' rights; we are now witnessing some of the most blatant voter suppression laws since the old Jim Crow south come out of state legislatures.
Terence Dicks, our Georgia State Coordinator, will begin work as the Southern Regional organizer in February.
This means that Terence will need to travel not only in Georgia but throughout the Southern states.
We chose Terence because of the incredible work he has done organizing the state of Georgia.
In case you didn't know Georgia now has eight (8) PDA chapters and additional ones are in the pipeline.
This is due to the hard work and dedication of your state coordinator, Terence Dicks.
Terence has been invited to represent Georgia at the upcoming National PDA gathering in Winslow, Arizona at the end of February.
He will work with the National team and our other regional and state organizers to craft policy and action plans for building a Progressive Southern Strategy.
Too many progressive organizations have not truly embraced diversity in their management ranks; that is not true of PDA.
I am asking you to help Terence join me as another voice of diversity to ensure that the progressive message reaches and includes everyone.
We will actively fight voter suppression and roll back the oppressive ALEC-inspired state legislation.
We will fight to end corporate rule and get money out of politics.
We need Terence to start working right now!

Help Terence Dicks Move the Progressive Agenda Forward in the South.

Now is the time for the 21st Century Civil Rights agenda to continue the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sincerely,
Andrea Miller
PDA National Deputy Field Director



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Thursday, January 19, 2012

About 700 people packed the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Augusta, GA for the 2012 interfaith celebration of the birth and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. entitled "Keeping the Dream Alive: Why Dr. King Still Matters" and sponsored by the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta




Leaders from 10 faith communities participated in the 2012 interfaith MLK Day celebration in Augusta, Georgia.

Keynote Speaker

Rev. Dr. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta delivers the keynote address in Augusta, Georgia at the 2012 interfaith celebration of the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church is the home church of MLK.

Photos from Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Mr. James Dobbs, Augusta Chronicle Photographer

Turnout was heartwarming as about 700 people packed the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia for the 2012 interfaith celebration of the birth and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in an event that explained the lasting relevance of the slain civil rights leader.

Leaders from 10 faith communities took part in the interfaith event entitled:

Keeping the Dream Alive: Why Dr. King Still Matters

Music was provided by the Augusta Chorale and the Davidson Fine Arts Chorale.

Scroll down to the music-related photos for more information on both groups.

"Invocations from Different Faith Traditions" were delivered by Rabbi Robert Klensin of the Congregation Children of Israel in Augusta, Imam Majed Sabke of the Islamic Society of Augusta, and Rev. Terence A. Dicks for the St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church in Brunswick, GA.

The annual MLK celebration and interfaith service is sponsored by the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta.

You can read the entire program bulletin at the end of this story - and click on the pages to read them full size.


Augusta 2012 interfaith MLK celebration

Pictured above left to right during the 2012 MLK celebration at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia are:
The Rev. Dacia Reid, Interim Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta; Keynote speaker the Rev. Dr. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta; and the Rev. Terence A. Dicks, St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church in Brunswick, GA and Chair Steering Committee, New Tools New Vision, Augusta, GA.
Photo by Mr. James Dobbs, Augusta Chronicle Photographer.

The keynote address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta - home church of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Click on the following link to see more of these nice photos of the 2012 MLK event in Augusta, GA by Mr. James Dobbs, Augusta Chronicle Photographer:


Below are media coverage links including a well-received Augusta Chronicle newspaper story, photos and video of the 2012 celebration of the birthday and accomplishments of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Thurs., Jan. 12, 2012 newspaper story is headlined:

“Pastor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s home church compares him to an unfinished symphony” by Ms. Kelly Jasper, staff writer for the Augusta Chronicle.

Below is an Augusta Chronicle video produced by Sara Caldwell.


I would like to thank the many people involved in making the event a reality and for the media coverage.

Link to WFXG Fox 54 Augusta news story and coverage of the interfaith event to celebrate the birth and the lasting life accomplishments of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“Different faiths gather to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”


AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG) - Hundreds of people of all different faiths came together to honor the life of a man who helped make it all possible.

Worshipers of all different faiths joined at the Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church to listen to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock, who is the Senior Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where Dr. King preached a message of tolerance and acceptance, gave a sermon with a similar theme in Augusta.

A message that brought together Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and several other religions, all to celebrate as one.

Below are more of the photos by Mr. James Dobbs of the Augusta Chronicle:
Pictured is Imam Majed Sabke, Islamic Society of Augusta, GA. 
Pictured above is Imam Majed Sabke, Islamic Society of Augusta, GA.
 
Pictured is the Rev. Terence A. Dicks, St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church in Brunswick, GA and Chair Steering Committee, New Tools New Visions, Augusta, GA.
Rev. Dicks is delivering one of the "Invocations from Different Faith Traditions."
Additional invocations were delivered by Rabbi Robert Klensin of the Congregation Children of Israel in Augusta and Imam Majed Sabke of the Islamic Society of Augusta.
Photos by Mr. James Dobbs, Augusta Chronicle Photographer.
 
Music was provided by the Augusta Chorale and the Davidson Fine Arts Chorale.
Homepage of the Augusta Chorale:
http://www.augustachorale.org
About the the Augusta Chorale:
http://www.augustachorale.org/aboutus.htm
 
Homepage of the Davidson Fine Arts Chorale in Augusta, GA:
http://www.thedavidsonchorale.org
About the Davidson Fine Arts Chorale:
http://www.thedavidsonchorale.org/index.php?id=8
MySpace page of the Davidson Fine Arts Chorale in Augusta, GA:
http://www.myspace.com/dfachorale
Photos by Mr. James Dobbs, Augusta Chronicle Photographer.
The following is the official bulletin for the 2012 interfaith celebration of the birth and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 12, 2012 at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia:


Bulletin for the 2012 interfaith celebration of the birth and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Augusta, Georgia Page #3
Bulletin for the 2012 interfaith celebration of the birth and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Augusta, Georgia Page #1
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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Augusta, Georgia to Show Love for Dr. King Thurs., Jan. 12, 2012: Interfaith Celebration of Birthday and Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at church in town's hill section

2012 MLK Day Poster


2012 interfaith celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held Thursday (Jan 12) in Augusta's Hill Section and the keynoter speak is a pastor from MLK home church

(Augusta, GA) – The 2012 Augusta interfaith celebration of the birthday and historic accomplishments of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is Thursday, January 12 at Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church in the city’s hill area.

This year’s celebration of MLK is entitled:
Keeping the Dream Alive: Why Dr. King Still Matters

The keynote speaker is from Dr. King’s home church.

Keynoting the interfaith event is the Rev. Dr. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta.
Ebenezer Baptist is the home church of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church is located at 2261 Walton Way (at Johns Rd) in Augusta, Georgia

Music will be provided by the Augusta Chorale and the Davidson Fine Arts Chorale.

Music for the MLK memorial begins at 6:45 p.m. and the service is at 7 p.m.
A reception follows.

The MLK celebration and interfaith service is sponsored by the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta.

MLK birthday is January 15.
The 2012 MLK federal holiday is Mon., Jan. 16.

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