Martin Luther King Day Celebration

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This year's Martin Luther King Day Celebration will feature:

  • Keynote speaker: Oregon State Senator Suzanne Bonamici

  • Beaverton Human Rights Advisory Commission's Human Rights Creative Expression Contest winners

  • "Everyday Hero" award presentation by the Inter-Religious Action Network:

    • Bob Leitner, Habitat for Humanity/Bethel United Church of Christ

    • Pat Wolter, Environmental Sustainability/Unity of Beaverton

    • Music by the Vose Elementary Chorus and the Southminster Presbyterian Choir

    • Media Presentation by Dennis Noack, Baha'i student at Beaverton Arts & Communication High School

    • Service Project: Please bring socks and full-size toiletries for Project Homeless Connect.

A reception will follow the program with refreshments, displays and an exhibit:

  • Human Rights Council of Washington County Poster Contest winners

  • "No Easy Road: Unlearning Discrimination in Oregon" Exhibit

For more information call 503-846-5792 or visit:
http://www.ianofwashingtoncounty.org/Sponsored by:

  • Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County

  • Human Rights Council of Washington County

  • City of Beaverton Human Rights Advisory Commission

  • Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus

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