Sunday, January 20, 2002

Tristate events to remember Martin Luther King




The Cincinnati Enquirer

        Tristate events honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. continue:
       

Today

        Loveland Community Celebration, 4:30-8:30 p.m., Intermediate School, 757 S. Lebanon Road. A Taste of Africa, Neighbor-to-Neighbor discussion. By Loveland Shalom Initiative.

        Middletown community program 4 p.m. at Tried Stone Baptist Church, 621 Lafayette Road.

        Christ Church Cathedral interfaith service, 5 p.m., 318 E. 4th St. downtown. Wilberforce University Choir sings.

        Interfaith dialogue and celebration, 5 p.m., Bethel A.M.E. Church, 14 S. Beech St., Oxford. 6 p.m., prayers, readings by Christian, Jewish and Islamic leaders.

        Evening prayer, 7 p.m., Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 12th and Madison, Covington, singing and worship.

        Community service, 7 p.m., Gulden Center at Twin Towers Retirement Community, 5343 Hamilton Ave. by College Hill Ministerium. Cincinnati Vice Mayor Alicia Reece speaks.
       

Monday

        King Day Breakfast, 8 a.m., Hyatt Regency Hotel, downtown. By Arts Consortium of Cincinnati and Procter & Gamble. Judge William H. Gray III, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, speaks. Cost: $20.

        Prayer Breakfast by Middletown NAACP, 8 a.m. at New Era Baptist Church, 1120 Yankee Road. Cost $10.

        Memorial March 11:15 a.m., Fountain Square. Prayers and walk to Music Hall. Speakers: Ed Rigaud, president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Steve Reece, business owner, and Vice Mayor Alicia Reece. Music by the Martin Luther King Jr. Chorale.

        Miami University Hamilton march, 11 a.m. from Booker T. Washington Community Center, 1140 S. Front St., to Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church, 320 S. Front St. where the Rev. Anne Henning-Byfield of Detroit speaks at noon.

        Family activities, noon, Northern Kentucky Community Center, 824 Greenup St., Covington.

        Observance at World Peace Bell, 4 p.m., Newport, “The Ghost of Harriet Tubman.” Candlelight march at 6 p.m.

        “Convene for the Dream” 7-9 p.m., Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington. Speaker: the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth.

        Worship service, 7 p.m., Forest Chapel United Methodist, 680 W. Sharon Rd. Choirs: Quinn Chapel AME Church, Greenhills Presbyterian Church, and Cottonwood Elementary School in Mount Healthy. Drama: The Rev. Jeannette Shegog, pastor of Mount Zion United Methodist Church.

        Community observance, 6:30-8:30 p.m., United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 2645 W. North Bend Rd. By Mount Airy churches and pastors.

        Community celebration, 7 p.m., Cornerstone United Methodist Church, 7600 Princeton-Glendale Road, West Chester Township.
       

Wednesday

        Remembrance & Reflection luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Harry T. Wilks Conference Center. Free, reservations required: 785-3024.
       

Thursday

        Lani Guinier, 8 p.m., Miami University at Oxford lectures on her book Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice. Information: 513-529-3200.

       



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