21 January 2023, 10:30 am
Commemoration of the 94th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 53rd Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building

Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action & the Life of Martin Luther King Jr (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968) & Commemoration of the 53rd Anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

10:30 to 11:00 at Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Commemoration Service 
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

11:15 to 12:15 at C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Interactive Session 

Theme of the Interactive Session:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
- Martin Luther King, Jr., (Letter from Birmingham Jail, 16 April 1963)

During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened 
Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
Shri Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Yuva Biradari

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate 

This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development

Gandhi-King Memorial Plazawas inaugurated on 21 January 1970 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and commemorates two iconic figures of our times: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
 
(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)