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Celebrate MLK Day early with Family and Neighbors in East Point

The MLK Holiday Commission of East Point will host its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration on January 12-13, 2013.

The MLK Holiday Commission of East Point will host its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration on January 12-13, 2013, with the theme: "Uniting Communities Through Service, As We Celebrate the Dream".

Commission events in East Point will include a youth empowerment workshop with sessions on drugs, gangs, bullying, the judicial system, organized labor and creative writing Saturday, January 12th.
Youth Empowerment Workshop-Stop the Violence
HJC Bowden Center
2885 Church Street
East Point, GA 30344
January 12, 2013
8:30 AM – 1:00 PM

On Sunday, January 13th, an Ecumenical program of celebration will be held featuring keynote speaker Dr. Love Henry Whelchel, professor of church history at Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Ga. The MLK Ecumenical choir will also be performing.

Ecumenical Service celebrating Dr. King
New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church
Reverend Thomas G. Ashford, Pastor
1385 Gus Thornhill Jr. Drive
East Point, GA 30344
January 13, 2013
3:00 PM


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