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
From 10:30 to 11:00 in Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza
Commemoration Service
Songs by Choirs of Schools from Delhi NCR
From 11:15 to 12:15 in C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Interactive Session
Theme: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." - Martin Luther King Jr. (Letter from Birmingham, Alabama jail, April 16, 1963.)
During the Interactive Session a short film on Martin Luther King's Life shall be screened
Address by H. E. Eric Garcetti, U.S. Ambassador to India (tbc)
Moderators:
Shri Suhas Borker (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 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)