Martin Luther King Jr. Day Festivities

Thursday, January 11 - Monday, January 15, 2007

Thursday:

Florida A&M University convocation, 11 a.m., Lee    Hall Auditorium. Speaker: Phillip Agnew, SGA president. Call Glendell Presley, 599-3413, for more information.

Friday:

NAACP/Leon County Schools awards breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the Civic Center. Speaker: Schools Superintendent Jackie Pons. Tickets are $15 per person, call 224-0697 for reservations.

Saturday:

NAACP Youth Leadership Seminar, 9 a.m. to noon at the Jake Gaither Community Center, 801 Tanner Drive. Pre-register no later than Thursday with Anita Davis, 574-3075, or Cassandra Wilson, 309-1649.

Panel on gang activity to follow at the center from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Vera McIntyre moderating.

In Quincy: "Making the Connection in Unity" event from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Corry Athletic Field, 122 N. Graves St.; call 251-7336 for information.

In Havana: MLK gala, 8 p.m. at the Carver Heights Senior Citizens Center, 407 SE 4th St. $10 admission.

In Monticello: NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet. 6:30 p.m. at Memorial M.B. Church. Speaker: Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor. Tickets: $20, $100 for table of eight. Contact Glendell Presley, 997-6712.

Sunday:

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, introduction of new officers and reception starting at 6:30 p.m. at Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 2015 Lake Bradford Road.

In Quincy: MLK candlelight vigil, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Gadsden County Courthouse Square

In Monticello: MLK commemorative services, Memorial M.B. Church, 3 p.m. Speaker: Rev. Helen Johnson-Robinson and Bethel AME Church.

Monday:

Citywide NAACP march and rally, assembling at C.K. Steele Plaza at 9:30 a.m. Program begins at 10 a.m. MLK rally at the Capitol, 11 a.m.

Minority Alliance for Advocating Community Awareness and Action, Inc. roundtable on race relations, HIV/AIDS and abstinence. From 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Progressive Center, 1720 S. Gadsden St. Guest speaker: Gregory Turner, founder of Abundant Solutions Enterprises. Call 942-6222 for information.

City of Tallahassee's Day of Dialogue, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at City Hall

MLK NAACP Youth Leadership Banquet at 6:30 p.m in the Fellowship Hall of Bethel AME Church, 501 W. Orange Ave. Speaker: Ramon Alexander, $20 for adults, $10 for youth. Call Anita Davis, 574-3075 or 224-0697, for tickets.

In Quincy: Free MLK breakfast, 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. at Joseph L. Ferolito Recreation Center, 122 N. Graves St.

In Havana: Parade at 10 a.m., starting at the Havana Municipal Building. Ceremony at 10:30 a.m., Palace A.M.E. Church. Speaker: Rev. A. Jackson, pastor. Proceeds go to MLK scholarship fund.

In Monticello: Downtown parade at 10 a.m., followed by celebration at Jefferson County Recreational Park.