90th Birthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

MONDAY 21

COMMEMORATION ? GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA/ C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM FROM 10:30 TO 12:15

Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action

& the Life of Martin Luther King Jr [15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968]

Commemoration Service 10.30 am to 11.00 am – Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR

Interactive Session 11.15 am to 12.15 pm – C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Theme of the Interactive Session:

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that".

- Martin Luther King, Jr, from a sermon given at the Dexter Baptist Church, November 17, 1957

Special Address by Representative of the US Mission in India

During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened

Moderator: Shri Suhas Borker (Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate

The day marks the 49th anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza. The Plaza was inaugurated on 21 January 1970 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

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

(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Biradari and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

Event starts on Monday, 21 January 2019 at 05:30 hrs

Type

Cultural

Dates

21 Jan 2019, 05:30 AM

Venue

90th Birthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr