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The Orlando Mayor’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission strengthens our community by promoting Dr. King’s legacy of equality, justice, peace, respect, and inclusion for all.

Mayor's MLK Commission

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“Fun! It is great to see the parade and the crowd watching it, grow each year. Love the growing diversity of faces we see.”

8 ife’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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12 13 Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Mayor’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission 2013 CALENDAR OF EVENTS For locations and more information, visit MLKOrlando.com All events are free to the public, unless otherwise noted.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 MLK CommUNITY Breakfast, 7 a.m. Hands On Orlando’s 13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Committee, Equity and Diversity Service Committees of Lake-Sumter State College, City of Leesburg, Leesburg Contact: Chris Allen or Mary Wells at [email protected] or Partnership 407.740.8652, * volunteers needed for a variety of diverse service projects, Leesburg Community Center, 109 E. Dixie Ave., Leesburg, FL www.mlkday.gov Contact: Chris Hamilton at [email protected] or 352.365.3592 *Volunteers needed MLK 26th Commemorative Banquet (Cost), 6 p.m. City of Sanford SUNDAY, JANUARY 13 Sanford Civic Center, 401 East Blvd., Sanford, FL Voter Registration Drive, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Contact: Arlene C. Davison at 407.688.5001, www.sanfordmlk.com Greater Haitian American Chamber of Commerce Orlando City Hall, 400 S. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 Contact: Jackson Marcelin at [email protected] or 407.308.5803 Orlando Magic Game, (Cost) 7 p.m. Recognition of the Mayor Dyer’s MLK Youth Humanitarian Award Winners Candlelight Vigil and March, 6 p.m. , 400 W. Church St., Orlando, FL Orlando Mayor’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission Orlando City Hall Rotunda, 400 S. Orange Ave. Hands On Orlando’s 13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Interfaith Multicultural Celebration, 6:30 p.m. Service “Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love” Contact: Chris Allen or Mary Wells at [email protected] or Interfaith Council of Central Florida 407.740.8652, * volunteers needed for a variety of diverse service projects, First United Methodist Church of Orlando, 142 E. Jackson St., Orlando, FL www.mlkday.gov Contact: Rabbi Kay at [email protected] or 407.298.4650, x115 MLK Inter-Faith Religious Observance, 3 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 City of Sanford Messages on the Wall, 12 p.m. Calvary Temple of Praise, 2020 McCracken Rd., Sanford, FL Bridge To Independence (BTI) Private School, 580 W. Jackson St., Orlando, FL Contact: Arlene C. Davison at 407.688.5001, www.sanfordmlk.com Contact: Nichole Hollis at [email protected] or 407.246.8474 MONDAY, JANUARY 21 THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 22nd Annual Arthur “Pappy” Kennedy Prayer Breakfast (Cost), 8th Annual MLK Leadership Forum, 6 p.m. 7:45 a.m. “The Journey to Justice: Pursuing Equality in our Election Process” YMCA of Central Florida and the Southwest Orlando Jaycees Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity & FAMU Black Law Student Association First Baptist Church of Orlando, 3000 S. John Young Prkwy., Orlando, FL Florida A & M University College of Law, 201 Beggs Ave., Orlando, FL Contact: Evan Miller at [email protected] or 407.895.4288 Contact: Reginald Hughes at [email protected] or 321.228.1689 Plant Seedlings for Civil Rights & Clean-up, 9 a.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 Mayor Dyer’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission and the City of Orlando 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Luncheon Rosemont Neighborhood, Park & Meet at Rosemont Building, 5104 North (Cost), 11 a.m. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Ballroom at Church St., 225 S. Garland Ave. Contact: Janice Rahill at [email protected] or 407.246.3504 or (Downtown), Orlando, FL Jody Buyas at [email protected] or 407.246.2752 to volunteer Contact: Reginald Hughes at [email protected] or 321.228.1689 Parramore Clean-Up Service Project, 9 a.m. 2013 “City of Hope”, 7 p.m. Florida A&M University Law School Students and Community “Negro Spiritual” Scholarship Foundation, a concert performance featuring Meet at FAMU Law School, 201 Beggs Ave., Orlando, FL award-winning artists of word, song & dance Contact: Patricia Broussard at [email protected] or 703.861.1131 Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 535 W. Washington St., Orlando, FL Contact: Rudi Cleare [email protected] or 407.841.6773 Hands On Orlando’s 13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Service MLK High School Juniors’ and Seniors’ Oratorical Scholarship Contact: Chris Allen or Mary Wells at [email protected] or Contest, 6 p.m. 407.740.8652, * volunteers needed for a variety of diverse service projects, MLK Poster Contest Judging (Event for Elementary students) www.mlkday.gov City of Sanford New Life Word Center Church, 1311 South Oak Ave., Sanford, FL City of Ocoee’s 7th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Contact: Arlene C. Davison at 407.688.5001, www.sanfordmlk.com Parade and Celebration, “The Courage to Believe and Act”, City of Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Parade, 10 a.m., starting at Citrus Elementary School, 87 N. Clarke Rd., 29th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade, 10 a.m. Ocoee, FL Southwest Orlando Jaycees, Orange Ave. in Celebration at , 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Children’s Coat Drive Contact: Joy P. Wright at [email protected] or 407.905.3100 Contact: Roberta F. Walton at [email protected] or 407.412.9646 *Volunteers needed City of Sanford MLK Parade, 10 a.m. PARADE, 10 a.m., starting at Crooms Academy of Information Technology Town of Eatonville’s MLK Parade and Celebration, 2 p.m. High School, 2200 Historic Goldsboro Blvd. (formerly West 13th St.), Parade starts on W. Kennedy Blvd. in Eatonville, FL Sanford, FL RALLY, immediately following parade at Fort Mellon Park, 600 E. 1st St. Voter Registration Drive, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Contact: Arlene C. Davison at 407.688.5001, www.sanfordmlk.com Greater Haitian American Chamber of Commerce Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando, FL Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Vigil, 6:01 p.m. Contact: Jackson Marcelin at [email protected] or 407.308.5803 Rollins College, Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, FL Visitor parking in the SunTrust Plaza Parking Garage Orlando Magic Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, TBD Contact: Zakiya Brown at [email protected] or 407.691.1240 Basketball Court Refurbishment, Pine Hills Elementary School, 1006 Ferndell Rd, Orlando, FL Contact: 407.296.6500 SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 “Communities in Unity: A Show of Strength Festival”, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Hope of Salvation, Inc., across the street from 428 N. Parramore Ave., Orlando, FL Contact: James Owens, Pastor, at [email protected] or 407.420.7798

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