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.