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MLK Day Celebration and 20th Annual Community March

MLK Day Celebration and 20th Annual Community March

Mon. 01/21 | 9:00AM @ Huston-Tillotson University (map)

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Full details can be found here: http://www.mlkcelebration.com/celebration-events/march-and-festival/

Also, help us recharge the Capital Area Food Bank by bringing a can good to the festival.


The Annual Community March celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy while uplifting diversity and multi-culturalism in our city. The MLK Community March kicks off on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9 a.m. with a short program at the MLK Statue on the University of Texas campus.

We will then march to the south steps of the State Capitol for Gospel music performed by Sweet Home Baptist Church Choir and marchers will continue on to the historic Huston-Tillotson University, where exciting activities are planned. All businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals are invited to march and celebrate Dr. King’s legacy.


MLK COMMUNITY FESTIVAL

The MLK Community Festival kicks off as soon the march arrives on location and will last until 3 p.m.; it will include all types of vendors and local musical artists to make this year’s celebration the best ever! 

Performances by:

Les and the Funk Mob - http://thefunkmob.com/

Nelson Saga Band - http://www.myspace.com/nelsonsaga

MirrorImage Dem Twinz - http://www.myspace.com/mirrorimagedemtwinz1

SUPPORT THE CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK

This year, we are asking marchers to help by donating can goods or non-perishable food items, which will be donated to the Capital Area Food Bank. Help to give to those in need by helping the Capital Area Food Bank fill their shelves with non-perishable food items. “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Donation receptacles will be available at The University of Texas and the Capitol, while the march is in those locations. Receptacles will also be available at the festival at Huston-Tillotson University.
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