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Martin Luther King Jr.
2018 special edition
Albina Ministerial Alliance Annual City-Wide
Martin Luther King, Jr. Program
Theme: “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”
When: Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
There comes a time
when one’s must take a
position that is neither
safe nor politic nor
popular,
but he
must take it
because his
conscience
tells him it is right.
--Martin Luther King Jr.
Where: Maranatha Church 4222 NE 12th Avenue, Portland, OR 97211
Speaker: Dr. Marvin Lynn
Dean of Graduate School Education at Portland State University
“A dynamic speaker & Brilliant Scholar African American Scholar”
Speaker ~ Poetry~ Music
Sponsored By: The Albina Ministerial Alliance • Information: (503)287-0261
January 10, 2018
Church Events
Celebrate Dr. King
This weekend two Martin
Luther King Jr. celebrations at
Vancouver Avenue First Bap-
tist Church will honor the late
civil rights leader by holding a
“Salute to Greatness” student
scholarship and civic awards
luncheon on Saturday at 12
p.m. and an “Empower the
Dream” interfaith gathering
and speaker series on Sunday
at 2 p.m. Both events are open
to the public
Portland Mayor Ted Wheel-
er will be the keynote speaker
during Saturday’s ceremony as
local high-school students of
noteworthy achievement and
community leaders who have a
significant, positive impact on
our city are honored.
Multnomah County Com-
missioner Loretta Smith will
keynote Sunday’s gather-
ing which will also feature
addresses by Portland City
Commissioner Nick Fish, Or-
egon Sen. Law Frederick, and
former Sen. Margaret Carter.
Both events are inspired by
Dr. King’s 1968 sermon two
months before his assassina-
tion, in which he proclaimed,
“Let me be remembered as a
drum major for justice, peace,
and righteousness.”
Bringing People Together
Continued from Page 15 pastor of the Ainsworth United
cluded Bobbin Singh, exec-
utive director of the Oregon
Justice Resource Center, Kel-
ly Weigel, executive director
of the Western States Center,
and Ramon Ramirez, presi-
dent of Northwest Treeplant-
ers and Farmworkers United,
one of the largest organiza-
tions representing the Latino
community in the state of Or-
egon.
Rev. Hector Lopez, a former
Church of Christ and founding
member of the Beloved Com-
munity, said that his hope for
these forums as they continue
is for “people to come and be
inspired enough to go out and
be the Beloved Community in
their own circles and organiza-
tions.”
For information on upcom-
ing forums, visit the Facebook
page of the Interfaith Council
of Greater Portland and look
under the events section.