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Luther King Jr. Center for
onviolent Social Change un­
veiled plans for a ix-day pro­
gram commemorating Dr. King's
birthday.
The program which begin
on January 10 and continue
through the 15th will focus on
the the theme "Ending the
Violence �f Poverty and World
Hunger Through Creative on­
violent Action. '
"The King Center is deeply
concerned about the is ue of
hunger in America and through­
out the world," explained
Coretta Scott King, Pre ident
of The King Center, in announ­
cing the birthday program. "We
began planning around our
theme long before the crisi
in Ethiopia became the front
page news that it is today and
this concern will be addres ed
throughout King Week '85 in
meaningful and substantive
ways.'
Highlights of ing Week
'85 include:
-The Tenth Annual Labor/
Management/Government Social
Responsibility Awards Break­
fast, 8:00 a.m. on Friday,
Jan. 11. Recipients for the
1985 Social Responsibility
Awards are: Howrd Samuel,
President of the Industrial Union
Department, AFL-CIO; William
K. Howell, President of. the
Miller Brewing Company and
U.S. Representative William H.
Gray (O.Pa.).
Directly following the
Breakfast, til re will be a semi­
nar at 9:45 a.m. on "The Role
of Labor /Management/Govern­
ment in Meeting the Challenges
of Poverty, Hunger and Econo­
mic Growth. The moderator
of the forum-is David E. Easter­
ly, publisher of the Atlant
Constitution and Journal. Pre-
sentor include: World Ban
President A.W. Clausen, U.S.
Rep. Mickey Leland (D-Tex.),
Chairman of the 'Select House
Committee on Hunger and Dr.
Ray Marshall, former Secretary
of Labor.
-The ational Action Sym­
posium on Poverty and World
Hunger , (sponsored by the King
Center and co- ponsored by
The Hunger Project, will be on
Friday and Saturday, January
11-12 at Freedom Hall. A ..
Clausen President of Th World
,
25t
Bank will speak.
On Saturday, the ym-
po ium will examine per pee­
tive of poverty and hunger in
America. Ronald Krietem yer
of the U.s. Catholic Conferenc
will deliver the keynote addre .
-A public briefing on the
natio al legal observance of Dr.
King's Birthday in 1986, will
be held with Mrs. King on Jan.
12. On Janaury 14, Stevie
Wonder, former U.S. Rep. Katie
Hal] and other members of the
Martin Luther King, J r. Federal
Holiday Commission (Mrs. King,
Chairperson) will take part in
the official swearing-in cere­
mony in the Freedom HaJJ
auditorium at 9:00 a.m. The
31-member commission, which
was established by an act of
congress in 1984, will plan the
first Ie 1 observance of the
ati at holiday on January 20, .
1986.
There will be a student
tribute to Dr. King at 10:00
a.m. - 12 noon on Monday,
January 14 at the M.LK.,
Jr. International Chapel, More­
hou Colleg, featuring a per­
formance of the musical " ar­
tin", directed and produced by
Lamar Alford.
-Community rvice a rds
and recognition raJly.
-Teach-ins on Dr. King in
all Atlanta public schools (in
memory of the late Dr. Ben­
jamin ays) utilizing teaching
kits de loped by The Kin
nter under the directi n f
pelm n ollege.
-A mass march and rally,
ill b gin at th Freedom Hall
comp x and culmin te at the
Ru 11 Federal Office Building.
The birthday ob rvance is
the seventeenth annual program
sp n red by The King Center.
Although Dr. King's birthday
will not be a legal holiday
un til 19 the 1985 ob rvance
will be the most widely cele­
brated to date. In addition
to the national holiday, 25
tate and mo t major citie
have enacted legal holidays in
honor of Dr. King" who would
hav been 56 on January IS.
For more information, call
The King Center at (404
524-1956.
AACP S
te
Conference
meeting
DETROIT - The
ichi n
State Conference of
AACP
Branches will meet turday,
Jan. 12, from 1:00 to 3:45
p.m. at the id est Region
III Offic, ) 7 Ford Detroit
(Highland Park). Branch Pre i­
dent can provide direction .
Le dership Training minar
will be held for Branch Officer
at the meeting so all officer
and executi bo rd membe
re ed to attend!