The 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Celebration, coordinated by the MLK Steering Committee, will be held on Sunday,
January 19, 2014 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. The program will
begin at 1:00 PM in Uihlein Hall and highlight our youth who interpreted Dr.
King’s works through art, speech and writing.
The only cities that have celebrated Dr. King’s Birthday
annually since 1984 are Atlanta, Georgia and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The theme for this year’s program is “Non-Violence: The Most Potent Weapon” which was taken from, A testament of Hope, The Essential Writings
and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech from which this theme
was drawn was given in 1961 during Dr. King’s fight for racial justice and
acceptance.
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This year, the program will feature keynote speaker, Dr.
Joan M. Prince, Ambassador Emeritus and Alternate Representative of the 67th
General Assembly of the United Nations and Vice Chancellor- The University of
Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Also, young people who are involved in the performing arts will also be highlighted as they salute Dr. King’s legacy through music, dance
and song. Some of the performing arts groups featured will be the Bear Clan
Singers and Dancers, Punjabi Youth Club of Milwaukee, African Dance Group,
Milwaukee Chinese Youth Orchestra, Latino Arts Mariachi Juvenile, and Aarabhi
Indian School of Dance.
