A celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life has been set for Saturday, April 13th, 2019, from 7 to 8 pm at the John Black Room at the Saranac Laboratory Museum, 89 Church Street, Suite 2, Saranac Lake. This is a rescheduled event, canceled due to weather earlier this year.
Hear Dr. King’s words on the need for social and economic justice, and listen to Joe Paparone speak on the revival of Dr. King’s last project – the Poor People’s Campaign and discuss ways to continue this legacy today. There will be music and refreshments. » Continue Reading.
A celebration of the life of Martin Luther King has been set for Saturday, January 19, 2019 from 7 to 8 pm at the First Presbyterian Church Great Hall, 57 Church Street in Saranac Lake.
After listening to Dr. King’s words on the need for social and economic justice, Joe Paparone will speak on the revival of Dr. King’s last project, the Poor People’s Campaign, and discuss continuing this legacy today. There will be music and refreshments. » Continue Reading.
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a showing of the film Selma has been set for Thursday, April 19th, from 6:30 to 9 pm, in the Cantwell Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library. » Continue Reading.
On Saturday, January 13, 2017 at 7 pm the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King will be remembered at a free coffeehouse event at the 1st Presbyterian Church of Saranac Lake.
There will be readings of his words, music, storytelling, and art, plus home-baked refreshments, coffee, tea and juice. » Continue Reading.
Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 7 pm in the Presbyterian Church Great Hall, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King will ring out, civil rights songs will be sung, stories of indigenous youth today will be told, along with music by the six-piece band Crowfeather. Coffee, tea and baked goods will be served.
This event is sponsored by the Peace with Justice Workgroup of the Saranac Lake Ecumenical Council. The event is free, donations will be accepted to mail refugee hygiene kits and to support indigenous nonviolent civil action.
In addition to civil rights inspired music and the words of Dr. King, Birk Albert and friends will share experience of today’s nonviolent civil rights movement with indigenous youth and Standing Rock. Birk Albert, 17, is a Lake Placid High School senior. He grew up in bush Alaska and is Athabascan Indian. He is a United National Indian Tribal Youth Earth Ambassador and one of “25 under 25” honorees. He serves as a UNITY, Earth Ambassador and was a Youth Delegate to the 2015 White House Tribal Nations Conference. He has been closely watching the situation at Standing Rock since July. » Continue Reading.
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