Martin Luther King Jr.
January 10, 2018
2018 special edition
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Keep Alive the
Dream” Tribute
World
Arts event
largest MLK
celebration
Oregon’s largest salute to
Martin Luther King Jr. will
once again come on the anni-
versary of the civil rights he-
ro’s birthday and the national
holiday that honors his con-
tributions to racial progress in
America .
The 33rd annual “Keep
Alive the Dream” event by the
World Arts Foundation will be-
gin at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan.
15, the national Martin Luther
King Jr. holiday, and last until
6 p.m., on the campus of the
Highland Christian Center,
7600 N.E. Glisan.
The celebration will include
special performances that
showcase local and regional
talent. Honored speakers will
include local and state lead-
ers. Sponsors include Portland
Public Schools
Providence Health Services,
Enterprise Holdings, the Port-
land Association of Teachers,
TriMet and others.
The nonprofit World Arts
Foundation was established in
Portland in 1978 to promote
and preserve African-Ameri-
can contributions to American
culture, and to support com-
munity education through the
interface of arts and education.
For more information, con-
tact Kenneth Berry at 503-
816-9001 or Sunshine Dixon at
503-995-8803.
In the end, we will
remember not the
words of our enemies,
but the
silence of
our friends.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
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