Make Martin Luther King Day, January 20, a day on
instead of a day off!
Activities are going on all over the state in
honor and celebration of the great civil rights leader. The R.U.1.2?
Community Center has chosen two activities to be a part of in two towns in
Vermont. The Burlington VISTA team is coordinating and putting on
a big city-wide celebration, including a free lunch, rally, and
several service projects. The Haymarket People's Fund is sponsoring a film
and panel discussion event in Montpelier. This is a
fun and valuable opportunity for VT's GLBT community to show its
commitment to anti-racism and social justice issues.
Option 1) Join your friends and neighbors and
other R.U.1.2? volunteers perform a community service project in
Burlington. The project will be helping to cook and clean at one of two
Spectrum transitional youht houses. Meet at 12:30 pm at our
headquarters, 1 Steele Street, to meet and greet the community
center team. From there, we will set out to Burlington City Hall for
a free lunch and MLK ceremony. Then it's off to the service project!
The service project will last until 4:30 pm but you can stay as long as you have
time for.
Option 2) Meet the
R.U.1.2? crew again at headquarters at 1 Steele Street at 5 p.m. to
meet and greet the community center team. We can organize
a carpool and set out for Montpelier in time for the Haymarket "Forum
& Film." The event will be from 6 - 8 pm and feature a
showing of "At the River We Stand" - a powerful documentary about the 1968
Memphis Sanitation Worker's Strike and Dr King's
assassination. It will be followed by a panel discussion including Frances
Hubbard, Glenn Taulton, and Paij Wadley-Bailey.
Option 3) Join us for both events!
Whatever option you choose, please call or e-mail
us at R.U.1.2? and sign-up ahead of time so we know who to expect, especially
for the Montpelier carpool.
yours in
pride,
khristian
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Khristian
Kemp-DeLisser
A*VISTA Program Assistant
R.U.1.2? Community Center
P.O.
Box 5883
Burlington, VT 05402
p: 802.860.RU12 (7812)
f:
802.860.0705