Commemoration of the 97th Birthday of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. 
and the 56th anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza 
 
Celebration of the Power of Non-Violent Action
& the Life of Martin Luther King Jr, [15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968]
& Commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

Assembly and Briefing from 10:15 am to 10:30 am at the Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza

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

Interactive Session from 11:15 am to 12.15 pm at the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium

Interactive Session Theme:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." - Matin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.

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

Moderators: Suhas Borker (Working Group on Alternative Strategies); Ramesh Sharma (Gandhi Yuva Biradari)

Students from Schools of Delhi NCR to participate.

This programme is part of the Taking Children to Gandhi series, launched in 2008, that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development.

Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza was 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)