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A Day on, Not a Day Off!

2002

14th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

 

Celebration Committee Contacts
Anthony Allen483-8694
John Gibson220-8699
Delores Mitchell576-3984
Donna M. Mosby483-6871
Elizabeth Peelle483-8974

Community Events
Unless otherwise noted, there is no charge to attend these events. A contact person is given for each event if you need more details.

Tuesday, January 15

3:00    Martin Luther King, Jr., Program, "Students Honoring King"
Oak Ridge High School Cafeteria
127 Providence Road
Organized by SECME
Contact: Cassandra Osborne, 482-8505

Tuesday, January 15 & 22

7:00   Discussions of Martin Luther King, Jr., sermons: "A Knock at Midnight" and "The Drum Major Instinct"
Sermons can be found at The Martin Luther King, Jr., Paper Project
Books-A-Million
310 S. Illinois Avenue
Organized by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration Committee and co-sponsored by Books-A-Million
Contact: Donna Mosby at 483-6871 or Susan Sewell at 220-9800

Wednesday, January 16

Fellowship Dinner & Martin Luther King, Jr., Program
Oak Valley Baptist Church
194 Hampton Road
6:00 Dinner
7:00 Program includes a play entitled, "Martin and Malcolm: The Transition", followed by a guest speaker and music
Both events are open to the public.
Organized by the Oak Valley Baptist Church
Contact: Ella DuBose, 481-0913

Thursday, January 17

7:00    "The Labyrinth: A Spiritual Journey Workshop" led by Stuart & Mary Bartholomaus
United Church Chapel-on-the-Hill Fellowship Hall
85 Kentucky Avenue
Organized by the Celebration Committee
Contact: Donna Mosby, 483-6871

Friday, January 18

Garden Plaza Hotel
5:30 - Reception
6:30 - Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Scholarship Fund Banquet & Program    Guest speaker - Dr. Bill Snyder, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Engineering at the University of Tennessee
215 S. Illinois Avenue
$40.00
Organized by Oak Ridge Associated Universities & the DOE-ORO Contractor Committee
Contact: Delores Mitchell, 576-3984

Saturday, January 19

9:00 - 12:00 noon    Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Community Service
Scarboro Day Care Center
148 Carver Avenue
Organized by Anderson County's Promise & Scarboro Day Care
Contact: Donna von der Lage, 483-8431 or Donna Mosby, 483-6871

Saturday, January 19

3:00-5:00   Salute to Dr. King - Gospel & Praise Extravaganza
Oak Ridge Mall
Organized by the Celebration Committee
Contact: Delores Cole, 482-6613

Sunday, January 20

1:30-3:30    Middle and High School Youth Program, "To Dream Again"
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge
461 West Outer Drive
Organized by the Celebration Committee and Children's Museum
Contact: Donna Mosby, 483-6871 or Mary Ann Damos, 482-1074

Sunday, January 20

2:00 - 4:00    Martin Luther King, Jr,. Opening Reception
Oak Ridge Art Center
201 Badger Avenue
Organized by the Oak Ridge Art Center & the Celebration Committee
Contact: Leah Marcum-Estes, 482-1441 or Donna Mosby, 483-6871

Sunday, January 20 - Sunday, March 10

Saturday-Monday, 1-4 and Tuesday-Friday, 9-5   Ebony Imagery IX: Black Artists of Tennessee
Oak Ridge Art Center
Organized by the Oak Ridge Art Center & Bechtel Jacobs, LLC
Contact: Oak Ridge Art Center, 482-1441


Monday, January 21

8:00 a.m.    $5.00YWCA of Oak Ridge, 1660 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Annual Fellowship Breakfast & Progam, Guest Speaker: Rev. Leland L. Jones, Marietta, Georgia
Organized by the Atomic City Sportsmen's Club
Co-Sponsored by BWXT-Y12 & the YWCA of Oak Ridge
Contact: David Mosby, 482-4193
    
9:45 a.m.Pollard Auditorium, 100 Badger Road (behind the Garden Plaza Hotel)
The Community Speaks,   Guest Speaker: Dr. Barbara Hatton, President, Knoxville College
Roane State Community Choir, SECME, & other participants
Organized by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Co-sponsored by Wackenhut Services, Inc., Bechtel Jacobs, LLC, and BWXT-Y-12
Contact: Ella DuBose, 481-0913
    
12:00 noonOak Ridge Mall, Club Room, 333 E. Main Street
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Luncheon Program, Guest Speaker: Demetra G. Nelson, URS Corporation
Organized by Methodist Medical Center
Contact: Mary Willis, 481-1740
    
1:00 p.m.Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, 461 W. Outer Drive
Preschool and Elementary Children's Program, "Dream Keepers"
Organized by the Celebration Committee & Children's Museum
Contact: Donna Mosby, 483-6871 or Mary Ann Damos, 482-1074
    
3:00 p.m.Grace Lutheran Church, 131 W. Gettysburg Avenue
Personal Testimonies: What Dr. Martin Luther King Means to Me
Speakers: Eph Klots, Ashley Smith, Kowetha Davidson, James Karney, Susanna Hutton, Gamal El-Sayad, Catherine Whitworth, and Washington Butler, Jr.
Organized by the Celebration Committee
Contact: Elizabeth Peelle, 483-8974
    
4:00 p.m.Grace Lutheran Church, 131 W. Gettysburg Avenue
Martin Luther King, Jr., Reception & Fellowship
Sponsored by Church Women United in the Oak Ridge Area
    
5:00 p.m.Grace Lutheran Church, 131 W. Gettysburg Avenue
Interfaith Service, Speaker: Father Michael Woods, St. Mary's Catholic Church
Music by Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church Choir.
An offering will be taken to benefit the Sallie McCaskill Scholarship
Organized by the Celebration Committee
Contact: Donna Mosby, 483-6871


Tuesday, January 22

10:30-11:30 a.m.    Martin Luther King, Jr. Program, Speaker Rev. Dr. Kelly M. Smith, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Knoxville
The Vine Middle Magnet School Show Choir will also perform
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American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue
Organized by Blacks in Government & Federally Employed Women
Contact: Telicia Mims, 576-4201

Monday, January 28

7:00 p.m.   Women Honoring King
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 121 Lafayette Avenue
Organized by the Celebration Committee
Contact: Donna Mosby, 483-6871 or Jan Lewis, 482-6326

Interesting Links

The King Center

The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday by Coretta Scott King

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University.

"I Have a Dream!"

MLK Timeline, Key dates in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Frederick Douglass Papers

This site was created on January 3, 2002 by T. J. Honeycutt for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee in cooperation with the ORNL EEO/Diversity Programs Office.

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