Courtesy of Senator Angela Bryant:
2014 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY EVENTS IN HALIFAX, NASH, WARREN, WILSON, VANCE, EDGECOMBE COUNTIES and SURROUNDING AREAS
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 12pm – Ridgeway Baptist Church’s MLK Program – Sen. Angela Bryant will be the keynote speaker at Ridgeway Baptist Church, 156 Wycoff Rd, Norlina, NC., in Warren County. For more information call the church at 252-456-3626.
HALIFAX COUNTY EVENTS
Monday, January 20, 2014 – 10:00am – Oak Grove Baptist Church’s MLK Day March, Downtown Littleton. For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com or 252-537-3279.
Monday, January 20, 2014 – 10:30am – Oak Grove Baptist Church, Community Resources Expo, C.E. McCollum Fellowship Hall, Oak Grove Littleton. For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com or 252-537-3279
Sunday, January 19, 2014 – 3:00pm Halifax County Black Caucus and Halifax Branch of NAACP’s – Wreath Laying at the MLK Park, Virginia Ave & Wyche St, Roanoke Rapids. For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com or 252-537-3279 or 252-535-4442 or 919-358-0980.
Monday, January 20, 2014 – 12:00pm – 12th Annual MLK, Program, Oak Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Nelson Johnson, Speaker. For more information contact Ophelia Gould-Faison at 252.532.0071 or email gouldfaison@hotmail.com or 252-537-3279.
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 2:00pm – The Halifax County Black Caucus’s annual Halifax Countywide Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, the Tillery Community Center, Tillery, North Carolina. While the event is free and open to the public, Dutch Buffet will be offered for a donation of $10.00 per person with a reduced price ($8.00) for senior citizens and children. Please call for questions and to RSVP by Friday, January 17, 2014 to Marilyn Harris at 252-537-6305.
ROCKY MOUNT EVENTS
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 – 7:30 – 8:30pm – Meet and Greet for Dr. Julianne Malveaux at Doubletree Hotel, 200 Enterprise Drive, Rocky Mount, NC. RSVP by Thurs. Jan. 16 and for more information call 252-972-1181.
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 7:00am The City of Rocky Mount and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission’s 26th Annual Unity Breakfast, NC Wesleyan’s Dunn Center, , for the Performing Arts, located on the campus of N.C. Wesleyan College. Speaker: Dr. Julianne Malveaux, economist, author, educator and founder of Last Word Productions, Inc. Breakfast begins at 7:00a.m. and program starts at 8:00a.m. For more information, visit rockymountnc.gov.
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – Volunteers Needed for a Day of Service. Promptly after the 26th Annual Unity Breakfast, volunteers will gather at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts for a Day of Service. Event partners have coordinated a day for volunteers to participate in several service projects. For more information or to sign up, call Adia Cuthbertson, director of Student Activities for NC Wesleyan College, at 454-1682. You may also contact the City of Rocky Mount’s Human Relations Department at 972-1181.
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 11:00am – Greater Joy Baptist Church’s 5th Annual MLK Celebration, 322 Anderson St. Rocky Mount. For more information contact the church at 252-442-0958.
Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 – 6:00pm – Ebenezer Baptist MLK Candlelight Service. Keynote speaker Rev. William Barber, President, NC NAACP. For more information contact: Ebenezer Baptist Church at 252 446-2378.
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m – The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, PNC and NC Wesleyan College – The International Festival of Cultures, Nash Community College’s Brown Auditorium. For more information visit www.rockymountnc.gov. City of Rocky Mount.
NASH COUNTY
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 7:30am – Community Empowerment Alliance’s 17th Annual MLK Community Empowerment Breakfast, Franklinton Center at Bricks, US 301 North, Whitakers, NC Speaker: Rev. Doris Lindsey, Pastor of Mann’s Chapel AME of Whitakers, NC. For more information contact: James Wrenn at jimwrenn@embarqmail.com.
Monday, January 20, 2014 – 9:30am – Whitakers Community Club – 16th Annual Whitakers Mlk Day Motorcade & March start at Whitakers Town Park, NW Railroad Street; march ends at Bloomer Hill Community Center. For more information contact: James Wrenn at jimwrenn@embarqmail.com.
24th Annual
Monday, January 20, 2014 – 11:00am – CDC Workers Unity Committee/Carolina Auto, Aerospace & Machine Workers Union – UE150, and the Bloomer Hill Community Association’s – 24th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Bloomer Hill Community Center, US 301, Whitakers, NC Keynote Speaker: Ms. Barbara Simmons, Mayor of Enfield, NC. For more information contact: James Wrenn at jimwrenn@embarqmail.com.
VANCE COUNTY EVENTS
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, – 4:00pm – Vance County Minister’s Alliance MLK Program, Spring Street Missionary Baptist Church, 511 Orange St., Henderson. For more information call 252-492-3992.
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 -8:00am – Alpha Phi Alpha’s MLK Breakfast, Spring Street Missionary Baptist Church, 511 Orange St., Henderson, NC. For more information call 252-492-3992.
WARREN COUNTY
Thursday, January 16, 2014, 10:00am – King: A television miniseries based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Call Ms. Sneed at 252-257-4990 for more information.
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 – 4:00pm – Celebrating the Life and Legacy Of Reverend Dr. Martin L. King, Jr “. In The Service We Promise Others” Sunday, Greenwood Baptist Church, Highway 1001, M.L.King Blvd Warrenton Guest Preacher – Pastor Eddie W. Lawrence, Greenwood Baptist Church. For more information,
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 12pm – Ridgeway Baptist Church’s MLK Program – Sen. Angela Bryant will be the keynote speaker at Ridgeway Baptist Church, 156 Wycoff Rd, Norlina, NC 27563. For more information call the church at 252-456-3626.
WILSON COUNTY
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 6:00-8:00pm – The Third Annual Share the Dream Talent Show Saturday, Sallie B. Howard School of the Performing Arts Herring Avenue. The cost $5.00 per person. Proceeds will benefit Sallie B. Howard. For more information contact: Jacquie Jeffers at 252-236-2086 or email ladyjideas@yahoo.com.
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 10:00am – MLK March – The march will begin at the Reid Street Community Center (901 Reid St., Wilson, NC). The walk will continue thru the community and end at St. James Christian Church on MLK Parkway. For questions and information email hjcoalition@yahoo.com and/or direct your calls to the Human Justice Coalition, 252-205-0752 or 252-234-7565.
EDGECOMBE
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 – 6:00pm – 24th Annual MLK Banquet at Edgecombe community College, Mobley Atrium. Speaker Linda Bryan.
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 – 4pm – 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Memorial Concert,
Pittman Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 268 Grove Church Road, Battleboro. For more information contact: James Wrenn at jimwrenn@embarqmail.com.
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 8:00am – MLK Unity Breakfast, Edgecombe County Administrative Building Auditorium. Speaker Dr. Evelyn Johnson.
PRINCEVILLE
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014-11:30am– MLK Lunch – St. Luke, 101 Neville St. Princeville. For more information call 252-641-7821.
TARBORO
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 – 10:00am – MLK Commemorative March at St. Stephens 100 St. Patrick St. Tarboro. For more information call 252-641-7821.