21 January 2019, 05:30 am
90th Birthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Programme Type
Cultural
MONDAY 21
 
COMMEMORATION  ? GANDHI-KING MEMORIAL PLAZA/ C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM FROM 10:30 TO 12:15
90th Birthday Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr
 
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)