MLK Day Invite
Sonja Darai
2013 Annual MLK Jr Day Celebration in Somerville
Please join us on January 21 from 11am to 1pm at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square for the annual MLK Jr Day Celebration event. This year’s theme is “Equality through Access”. The keynote speaker is Lorraine Cordeiro, Assistant Professor and Family Research Scholar at UMass/Amherst. Soloist afroD will perform spoken word, jazz, and trumpet along with performances by El Sistema Youth Orchestra, the Somerville High School’s Dance Group, and Elizabeth Peabody House After School REACH. Enjoy Clennon King of the Elizabeth Peabody House reading an MLK Jr speech and Marcus Santos of Grooversity as Master of Ceremonies and a performer. Refreshments are provided by the Cambridge Portuguese Credit Union and Somerville Public Schools. This year’s MLK Jr Award for an organization will be presented to the Walnut Street Center and the MLK Jr Award for an individual will be presented to Ellen Reisner. The 2013 MLK Jr Day Essay Award winners are Kelly Cachimuel, Anmol Maini, Nathaniel Simon, and Owen Hughes.
The 2013 MLK Jr Day Service Activities for January 21st are a blood drive on Holland Avenue in Davis Square outside the Somerville Theatre by the Red Cross from 11am to 4pm and also a non-perishable food and can drive at the Somerville Theatre from 11am to 2pm. Donations to the Food Pantry can be any item that will not spoil or need refrigeration including food such as beans, rice, cans, crackers, cereal, peanut butter, pasta sauce, or noodles.
For more information about any of the above activities or the event, please contact 311 or call the Office of Somerville Commissions at 617-625-6600 (x2406).
Special thanks
to the MLK Day Planning Committee and
all the individuals who worked to make
this event possible:
Mayor Curtatone & the City of Somerville
Somerville Theatre, Somerville School Department
Elizabeth Peabody House
Commissions for Fair Housing, Women,
People with Disabilities, and Human Rights
Community Action Agency of Somerville
The Welcome Project, Somerville Public Libraries
Community Health Agenda, and
the Somerville Mediation Program
Also, thanks to Ian Judge, Dana Westover,
Pete Shungu, Rick Saunders,
Elizabeth Field, and David Gruber.
Refreshments generously provided by
Cambridge Portuguese Credit Union
Somerville Public Schools
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Sonja Darai, MA Intercultural Management & Sustainable Development
Director, Office of Somerville Commissions
- Somerville Commission for Women
- Human Rights Commission
- Multicultural Affairs Commission
- LGBT Community Outreach and Issues
Program of the Somerville Health Department
City of Somerville, City Hall Annex, 50 Evergreen Avenue, Somerville, MA 02145
Voice: 617-625-6600, x2406 Fax: 617-629-3040
TTY: 1-866-808-4851 Email: sda...@somervillema.gov
Website: www.somervillema.gov/departments/health/somerville-commissions
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