Event to mark birth of Martin Luther King

BANGOR – A Martin Luther King Jr. birthday commemoration will be co-sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine and the Bangor Theological Seminary from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. l9.

The event will be held at the Bangor Theological Seminary, Wellman Commons, 300 Union Street.

The commemoration, which is free and open to the public, will include a welcome by the Rev. Dr. William C. Imes, president of the seminary.

This will be followed by a video, “At the River I Stand,” about the 1968 strike by black sanitation workers and how they gained support from unions and leaders including Martin Luther King Jr.

Professor Douglas Allen will speak on “How Would Martin Luther King Jr. View the War on Terrorism?”

A discussion and a potluck supper will follow the presentations.

Tickets will be made available for sale to the NAACP annual Martin Luther King Breakfast to be held 8:30-l0:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at Wells Common at the University of Maine in Orono.

For more information about the commemoration, call 942-9343.

To receive more information about the breakfast, call 827-4493.