Showing posts with label Asheville MLK events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asheville MLK events. Show all posts

Monday, January 18, 2016

Annual Martin Luther King Jr Peace March and Rally in Asheville NC

January 18, 2016     Annual Peace March and Rally  celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day will take place beginning at St. James AME Church at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Hildebrand Street and continuing to City-County Plaza in Pack Square Park. 

There will be a Candlelight Service at 6:00 PM at Nazareth First Baptist Church. All the days events are FREE and open to the public. 

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr Prayer Breakfast at The Grove Park Inn in Asheville

January 18   Martin Luther King Jr Prayer   Asheville’s 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Grove Park Inn with guest speakers Dawn Porter, founder of Trilogy Films and director of Gideon’s Army, and Travis Williams, featured in the film as one of three public defenders who dedicate their lives and careers to seeking justice for those most in need.

The theme of this year's King Celebration will feature events about how to bring justice to America’s criminal justice system.

The Breakfast is hosted by The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville and Buncombe County and held at
8:30 AM in the Grand Ballroom at the Grove Park Inn and Resort.

Get a link for the Prayer Breakfast and the Grove Park Inn on the Asheville NC Visitor Guide.


Thursday, January 17, 2013

Asheville's Annual Martin Luther King Jr Prayer Breakfast

January 19   Martin Luther King Jr Prayer Breakfast  Asheville’s 32nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Grove Park Inn with guest speaker Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe, founder and executive director of the Student African American Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood is a national organization with more than 250 chapters in 40 states whose mission is to help black youth in middle school and high school with support, guidance, and opportunities. The theme of the King Celebration events is “Marching Toward Justice,” and programs throughout the King Holiday observations will address the progress as well as setbacks that have defined the century and a half since President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1853.