Events Planned To Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The program, titled "The Dream Alive Program," will be Jan. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rodeheaver Auditorium, Winona Lake.
A luncheon will begin at 11 a.m. and be catered by Catering Kitchen. The lunch and program is free to attend, but donations will be accepted.
The Touch of Life Church Praise Team also will perform.
Dr. Robert Haworth, Warsaw Community Schools superintendent, will present the 2008 Academic Excellence Awards to two recipients during the program.
Rogers will speak during the program about King's life and his contributions.
The program will take audience members back to the 1963 March on Washington where King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, then to King's final words delivered in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn.
Rogers has presented the program at colleges, corporations and conferences throughout the U.S. The program is being sponsored by the Committee to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Inc.
"The purpose of the program is to provide an annual forum in which Dr. King's legacy is remembered and honored, while his ideals and deeds are promoted in developing a harmonious community spirit," said Lynn Pulliam, president and co-founder of the Committee to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Inc.
Rogers completed his term in 2003 after serving as America's youngest lieutenant governor. He was the fourth African-American in U.S. history to hold the position.
Now an attorney in Colorado, he served on the seven-member blue-ribbon National Commission on the Voting Rights Act.
He is a recipient of the Trumpet Award from Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System. The award is one of the nation's highest honors bestowed in recognition of African-American achievement
Rogers created The Dream Alive Program in 2003 in dedication to the memory and legacy of King and the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
"I hope those who attend the program will walk away with a sense of King and what his life means to us today as a culture and a nation," Rogers said.
There will be a kick-off concert at Warsaw Community High School Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School.
The concert will feature the Fort Wayne Voices of Unity Choir, directed by Marshall White, and the Warsaw Community High School Choir, directed by Scott Avery. Admission is free to the concert, but donations will be accepted.[[In-content Ad]]
The program, titled "The Dream Alive Program," will be Jan. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rodeheaver Auditorium, Winona Lake.
A luncheon will begin at 11 a.m. and be catered by Catering Kitchen. The lunch and program is free to attend, but donations will be accepted.
The Touch of Life Church Praise Team also will perform.
Dr. Robert Haworth, Warsaw Community Schools superintendent, will present the 2008 Academic Excellence Awards to two recipients during the program.
Rogers will speak during the program about King's life and his contributions.
The program will take audience members back to the 1963 March on Washington where King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, then to King's final words delivered in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn.
Rogers has presented the program at colleges, corporations and conferences throughout the U.S. The program is being sponsored by the Committee to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Inc.
"The purpose of the program is to provide an annual forum in which Dr. King's legacy is remembered and honored, while his ideals and deeds are promoted in developing a harmonious community spirit," said Lynn Pulliam, president and co-founder of the Committee to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Inc.
Rogers completed his term in 2003 after serving as America's youngest lieutenant governor. He was the fourth African-American in U.S. history to hold the position.
Now an attorney in Colorado, he served on the seven-member blue-ribbon National Commission on the Voting Rights Act.
He is a recipient of the Trumpet Award from Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System. The award is one of the nation's highest honors bestowed in recognition of African-American achievement
Rogers created The Dream Alive Program in 2003 in dedication to the memory and legacy of King and the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
"I hope those who attend the program will walk away with a sense of King and what his life means to us today as a culture and a nation," Rogers said.
There will be a kick-off concert at Warsaw Community High School Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Warsaw Community High School.
The concert will feature the Fort Wayne Voices of Unity Choir, directed by Marshall White, and the Warsaw Community High School Choir, directed by Scott Avery. Admission is free to the concert, but donations will be accepted.[[In-content Ad]]
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