[IMC-US] press release

[Kristi Nebel]

Kill Date: 1/17/11  
 
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Redeeming the Vision 2011 Interfaith Service will be again at Urban Grace – The Downtown Church on Sunday, January 16th from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, with a reception to follow afterward.  The event is open to the general public and is free of charge.  Associated Ministries is providing administrative and programming assistance for the event.  The church is located at 902 Market Street, Tacoma, WA 98402.  The phone number at the church is 253 272 2184 begin_of_the_skype_highlightingend_of_the_skype_highlighting.  
Four varied faith traditions will be represented, with varied blessings.  Rev. Tad Monroe of Urban Grace Church will welcome the event.  On this, the fifth year of the event, Dr. Dexter Gordon, keynote speaker, will present an open letter to Obama: “What Do We Do Now Given the Context We Are In”.    An awards ceremony for civil rights leadership, called the Civil Rights Honor Roll, will again present five local people with acknowledgement for at least ten years each of varied continuous activities in Tacoma.  Throughout the event, local musicians, dancers, theatrical and spoken word performances will be featured.  Following the activities in the parish, social justice organizations will be providing information and sharing ideas from tables in the lower level of the church.  Free food will be served alongside live music.  
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Redeeming the Vision 2011 project is a product of The Conversation.  Part if the event mission is to address social malaise in the redeeming of Dr. King’s vision.  To quote him: “Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.”

 The ecumenical location was chosen in part because of the aspects associated with King himself in his civil rights leadership.  Were it not for pastors providing bus transportation, the boycotts of public transportation could not have happened as African Americans in the South by and large lacked automobiles to get to work. 
The event is sponsored with private and local corporate donations.  In past years the New Tacoma Neighborhood Council has been a contributor.  The Conversation is a grassroots group of Tacoma and South Sound residents committed to the building of a diverse, critically engaged, social justice community.  The group convenes weekly on Sundays at noon at The Evergreen State College campus at 1210 6th Avenue in Tacoma.  Newcomers are always welcome and it is free and open to all ages.  More information is available at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Conversation.
 
Contact Kristi Nebel, phone 253 573 1504kristinebel at msn.com 		 	   		  
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