A Downing Creek resident is organizing a food drive again this year to support the BackPack Buddies Program of the Interfaith Food Shuttle.
This program fills 625 backpacks each week with healthy food on weekends for food insecure children. The flyer
being distributed suggests donations appropriate for these BackPacks.
More information on MKL events available via pdf from Durham
Thursday
* N.C. Central University MLK Convocation
9:45 a.m. Guest speaker will be Freddie Parker, NCCU professor of history. B.N. Duke Auditorium
* Durham County-City Martin Luther King Celebration
Noon. The Rev. J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church of Durham, will deliver the keynote speech. Event is at First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main St.
Friday
* Filmmaker Orlando Bagwell
6 p.m. Speaker is an Emmy-award winning independent filmmaker who co-produced “Eyes on the Prize” and “Citizen King.” Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus, Duke University
Saturday
* Eighth Annual Durham Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade
Noon to 2 p.m. Grand marshal is N.C. Central University Chancellor Charlie Nelms. Fayetteville Street
Sunday
* Vernon Jordan sermon
11 a.m. Vernon E. Jordan Jr., a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, will deliver the MLK Day sermon at Watts Street Baptist Church, 800 Watts St. [MORE BELOW]
* Labor leader Dolores Huerta speaks
3 p.m. Dolores Huerta, who worked alongside Cesar Chavez on behalf of farm workers, will give the keynote address in Duke Chapel, Duke University [note 3 p.m. start time]
Monday
* Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
8 a.m. Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park
* 5th Annual Martin Luther King Community Day of Service
Starts at 8:30 a.m., various projects throughout the Triangle. See www.unitedwaytriangle.org/mlk/
* Fourth Annual “Road to a Dream”
10:00 to 1:00 at Christ United Methodist in Southern Village. Fill goodie bags and make valentines for our troops in Afghanistan. Making no-sew fleece blankets and scarves for children and families in need.
* MLK March and Rally
Starts about 10:30am at the Haiti Heritage Center and ending at the First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Durham where there Rally will be held.
* Durham Civil Rights Workers Reunion
11:30 a.m. Speaker will be the Rev. Kenneth Ray Hammond. St. Joseph’s A.M.E. Church, 2521 Fayetteville St.
* African Children’s Choir performance
2 p.m., Page Auditorium, Duke University
* MLK March and Candlelight Vigil at Duke University
Starts at 5 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium. Concludes at Duke Chapel. Duke University
Tuesday
* Rabbi Alyssa Stanton speaks
6 p.m. Alyssa Stanton, the nation’s first African-American woman to be ordained a rabbi by a mainstream Jewish seminary, will speak in the Bryan Center, Duke University
Wednesday, Jan. 20
* Million Meals Service Event
5 p.m. The event, co-sponsored by Duke University, N.C. Central University and Southern High School, will package 50,000 meals to be sent overseas to crisis-burdened areas and developing countries. Southern High School
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Vernon Jordan to speak Sunday in Durham
Durham News, 13 Jan 2010
Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, former adviser to President Bill Clinton, will talk about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he delivers the MLK Day sermon at Watts Street Baptist Church on Sunday.
The church is located at 800 Watts St., and the public is invited to attend the 11 a.m. worship service.
Jordan grew up in an Atlanta public housing project. Just weeks out of law school, he joined the effort to desegregate colleges and universities and helped lead black student Charlayne Hunter through a group of whites protesting the University of Georgia’s integration policy in 1961.
Leslie Dunbar, a former Watts Street member who now lives in Washington, D.C., hired Jordan in 1963 as executive assistant of the Southern Regional Council, the civil rights organization in Atlanta that Dunbar directed. Later, as director of the council’s Voter Education Project, Jordan helped thousands of new minority voters to register and vote throughout the South.
Dunbar describes his old friend as “the most versatile man I’ve ever met or known.”
If the weather cooperates, we will be holding our neighborhood celebration of the holiday season on Saturday, December 12th. We know the weather is an issue, and will post updates here if we need to change the day or time.
Sand will be available by the playground to fill your luminary bags. While you are there, please fill an few bags (provided) to be used on the parkway. After you set out your own, we can always use more volunteers to set up the parkway. Kids are welcome to help!
Say what? You forgot to order a luminary kit! No worries, we have extra which you can purchase on Saturday for a whopping $3 for 10.
Caroling starts at 4:00 pm. We hope lots of you will be able to attend – it’s a lot of fun. We are going to have hot chocolate and smores and would love for a few volunteers to bring Christmas Cookies. It’s a little earlier this year so maybe it won’t be so cold. So sing first, light your bags, then walk around and enjoy the season.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Friday Center. This is the first of three workshops and will solicit citizen input on issues, opportunities, and trends to guide the development of future scenarios along Hwy 54. Drop in for a quick overview or stay for discussion. For more information, visit the study website.
It’s time for the Annual Downing Creek Halloween Carnival! Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 31 at 11 a.m., (the rain date is Sunday, November 1 at 3 p.m.) and get your cameras and costumes ready. This is one of Downing Creek’s most popular traditions and we are looking forward to another great event.
Children will enjoy a Moon Bounce, Hayride, Pinatas, and a variety of games. Both kids and the young at heart can enjoy the cotton candy, cookies and cider as well as the company of good neighbors.
Many thanks to the Downing Creek Mother’s Club for organizing the event, especially the chairs Margie Boccieri and Christine Sedam who have put together a spook-tacular party. Please contact either Margie or Christine if you would like to assist.