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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK Day
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ther King Jr. Day of Service from 8:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Firstenburg
Student Commons. The event is free
and open to the public. Parking is also
free. Light refreshments and lunch will
be served. Children under 16 must be
accompanied by a parent or guardian.
RSVP to http://events.vancouver.wsu.
edu/node/750.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of
Service honors King’s legacy of ser-
vice and coincides with thousands of
service projects taking place around
the country on the same day. The day’s
events will focus on the theme “Creat-
ing a Stronger Community: Building
Coalitions and Empowering Allies.”
Guests are invited to participate in
workshops including: How to be an
Ally to the Black Community, LGBTQ
and Allies 101, and Women in Leader-
ship.
Diana Pei Wu, executive director of
Portland Jobs with Justice, will deliv-
er the keynote at lunchtime. Wu was
born to immigrant parents from China
and Taiwan, and grew up in Stamford,
Conn.
At age 15, Wu organized fellow Chi-
nese students in a march to protest the
1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square.
Since then Wu has worked on inter-
national human rights, housing, gen-
trifi cation, immigrant rights, youth
organization, labor, LGBTQA rights,
environmental justice and climate jus-
tice.
As part of the event, WSU Vancouver
will collect new hygiene and non-per-
ishable food items for the Free Clinic of
Southwest Washington and Martha’s
Pantry.
Bring donations to the event or drop
them off in the Student Services Center
by Jan. 15.
Service in the Pacifi c Northwest, please
visit www.fs.usda.gov/r6
The U.S. Forest Service will waive
fees at day-use recreation sites in Ore-
gon and Washington Jan. 18 in honor of
Martin Luther King Day.
This fee waiver includes many picnic
areas, boat launches, trailheads and
visitor centers.
Concession operations will continue
to charge fees unless the permit holder
wishes to participate. Fees for camping,
cabin rentals, heritage expeditions, or
other permits still apply.
The fee waiver does not apply to
SnoParks although they might be locat-
ed on national public lands.
The SnoPark permit program is
sponsored by the States of Oregon and
Washington.
No fees are charged at any time on 98
percent of national forests and grass-
lands, and approximately two-thirds of
developed recreation sites in national
forests and grasslands can be used for
free. Check with your local forest or
grassland or on Recreation.gov to see if
your destination charges a fee.
The Pacifi c Northwest Region con-
sists of 16 National Forests, 59 District
Offi ces, a National Scenic Area, and a
National Grassland comprising 24.7
million acres in Oregon and Wash-
ington and employing approximately
3,550 people.
To learn more about the U.S. Forest
Drum Major events beginning Jan. 16.
The Drum Major event pays tribute
to present day “Drum Majors” – indi-
viduals and organizations who have
made lasting contributions advancing
the social justice cause in their respec-
tive fi elds along with the recognition of
scholastic achievers.
This year’s theme is “Let Your Aca-
demic Aspirations Light the Way.” The
Marcher and Drum Major awards are
named for the “Drum Major Instinct”
sermon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, gave
on the 4th of February in 1968 — two
months before he was assassinated —
at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in At-
lanta, Georgia.
Dr. King talked about his own funer-
al and the eulogy that might be given,
and asked that he be remembered as
a “drum major” for justice, peace and
righteousness.
The luncheon event is open to the
community at large, and will recog-
nize scholarship recipients as well as
“Greatness Awards” for individuals
and progressive organizations who
have made outstanding eff orts in hu-
manitarian and civic endeavors.
Academic scholarships will be pre-
sented to fi ve deserving local students
who have made great strides in their
learning.
Tickets are $30 and are available
Vancouver Avenue First
Baptist Church Announces
Forest Service Waives Fees Drum Major Services
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist
Jan. 18 in Honor of Martin
Church will host its 10th Annual Drum
Luther King Day
Major Scholarship and Ecumenical
Working
together to
keep the
dream alive
The Pacific Northwest
Regional Council of
Carpenters
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters is
over 20,000 carpenters, piledrivers, drywallers, mill-
wrights, trade show workers, shipwrights, exterior/interior
specialists, scaffold erectors, insulators and related craft
workers who have banded together to maintain and im-
prove Safety, Wages, Benefits, Training and Working Con-
ditions.
directly through the Church at 3138
North Vancouver Avenue.
For more information contact (503)
282-9496.
At 2 p.m. Jan. 17, at Vancouver Avenue
First Baptist Church, “Empower the
Dream” Ecumenical Service will cele-
brate ten years of empowering commu-
nity and strengthening multi-cultural
ties.
The keynote speaker for the occasion
is renowned International Christian
Evangelist, Dr. Luis Palau, from the
Palau International Ministries in Port-
land, Oregon. Dr. Palau had a long and
close relationship with Evangelist Billy
Graham, and has been characterized by
many as Graham’s successor.
Seattle MLK Celebration to
Take Place at Garfi eld High
School Jan. 18
The Seattle/King County Martin Lu-
ther King Jr. Celebration Committee
will host an MLK Celebration and event
from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Jan. 18 at Garfi eld
High School.
The event will include workshops in
high school classrooms, a rally with
speakers, poetry and music in the gym-
nasium and a 12:30 p.m. a march to Jack-
son Federal Building in downtown Se-
attle followed by an outside rally.
During the aft ernoon there will be
an information and opportunity at the
Garfi eld High School library.
Representatives from Washington
State, King County, Sound Transit, Port
of Seattle, United Negro College Fund,
the University of Washington, Seat-
tle Vocational Institute, King County
See MLK DAY on page 19