15 January 2015, 05:30 am
86th Birthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Programme Type
Cultural
 
Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action & the Life of Martin Luther King Jr (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968)
 
Commemoration Service 
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR
 
Interactive Session
 " We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed ". 
“A time comes when silence is betrayal.”  
–  Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
A short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened 
 
Moderators: Shri Suhas Borker ,Working Group on Alternative Strategies; and Shri Ramesh Sharma , Gandhi Peace Foundation
 
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.