The Unity Group will host Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Activities Wednesday through Monday.
Activities for Wednesday
Children’s Rights Conference
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Second Missionary Baptist Church, 2305 E. 3rd St.
Sponsored by Tennessee Commission on Children & Youth
Workshop on Positive Police Interaction
3:30 p.m. at Brainerd Recreation Center
Speaker: Dr. Loretta Prater
Community Fellowship Meal and Worship Service
6-8:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 20 Belvoir Ave.
Speaker: Dr. David Brown
Co-hosts: Pilgrim Congregational Church, Second Missionary Baptist Church and Westside Baptist Church
Saturday:
Prayer Breakfast
9-11 a.m. at Second Missionary Baptist Church
Speakers: Rev. Steve Caudle, Greater Second Missionary Baptist
Sunday:
Dr. King’s Birthday Party for Children and Youth
4-6 p.m. at New Zion Baptist Church, 809 M.L. King Blvd.
Speaker: Mr. Derrick Griffin, East Ridge High School
Monday:
Memorial March
4 p.m.
Line up at 3:30 p.m. on MLK Boulevard in front of Olivet Baptist Church and march to the Tivoli Theatre
Main Program and Keynote Address
5-7 p.m. at Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.
Speaker: Morris Dees, Esq.
Civil Rights Attorney
Co-Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
For more information, contact Quenston Coleman at 314-4834 or Rev. Paul A. McDaniel at 624-9097.