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Memo To
Raleigh CAC
Leaders:
Good morning. Recently I was stopped by a CAC Chairperson
while
grocery shopping. She chastised me for not doing a good
enough job
communicating with Raleigh's CAC leaders about Raleigh's
annual Martin
Luther King Holiday events and items of civic significance
which the
MLK Committee undertakes. Being the humble soul which I am,
naturally
I pleaded guilty. Hence, this communiqué is being sent to all
CAC's
with the hope that it will be received in the spirit intended
and with
the hope that these items will be shared with your membership.
First: Most of the upcoming January 2013 Martin
Luther
King Holiday events are posted on our website. Each event
will show
the date, time and location along with invited and confirmed
speakers
and/or performers. Please click the blue line here to
review. Please
bookmark this page for frequent updates:
http://www.king-raleigh.org/events/bodyO.cfm
Second: On Friday past, the City's Parks,
Recreation
& Greenway Board received a report to expand the existing
Martin
Luther King Memorial Gardens in Southeast Raleigh. This is a
civic
project which the MLK Committee along with parks advocates
have been
pushing for the better part of the last ten years. The plan
goes
before the City Council for adoption in November. Area CAC's
are
encouraged to review the plans and comment as needed. Please
click
here to review the MLK Garden's expansion plans: http://www.raleighnc.gov/arts/content/PRecDesignDevelop/Articles/MLKJrMemorialGardenExpansion.html
Third: For
citizens
who may become interested in attending and witnessing the
historic 2013
Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies in Washington, D.C. the
Raleigh
MLK Committee will be having five (5) buses leaving from
Raleigh at
6:00 am on January 19, 2013. We encourage all CAS's to make
this
information available throughout your networks. Below, please
find a
press release scheduled to go out next week which will provide
details
and a link to view the complete trip itinerary, hotel
accommodation
options and departure locations.
Please be so kind as to let us know if this information herein
is
useful to you and those in your community. If you should have
questions or concerns please do not hesitate to give us a call
or send
back an e-note.
Most appreciatively,
Bruce Lightner, Chairman
Raleigh Martin Luther King Committee, Inc.
919.834.6264
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HISTORY GROUP
WANTS
EARLY SIGN UP FOR OBAMA INAUGURATION
Statewide Contact:
Bruce Lightner, Logistical Director
Martin Luther King Heritage Tours
919.834.6264
Raleigh - The N.C. Martin Luther King Heritage Tours are now
organizing
buses to travel to Washington D.C. on January 19th for
President
Obama's Second Inauguration Ceremony. In 2009 the MLK group
took 32
buses
to the first Inauguration, which departed from Charlotte,
Greensboro,
Asheville, Wilmington, Durham and Raleigh.
Spurred by a surge in President Obama's recent National poll
numbers
organizers say now
is the time to start making plans to attend the festivities.
Ruby
Turner, Program Director for the tour said, "As the election
grows near
it is going to be nearly impossible to get quality hotel rooms
in the
metro D.C. area" The trip is scheduled for January 19-21,
2013.
Trip prices include two night hotel accommodations, luxury bus
transportation, visits to the Smithsonian Institute Museum,
the U.S.
Capitol Building, the Martin Luther King National Memorial and
the
Lincoln
Memorial. Passengers will also attend the Swearing In
Ceremony for
America's 45th President and attend the Inauguration Parade.
Bruce Lightner, logistical director of the tour said, "this
will be an
historic occasion on many levels, among which that for the
first time
in history the Presidential Inauguration will be held on the
actual
National Martin Luther King Holiday". Lightner concluded,
"it will be
a holiday weekend trip so nobody will have to miss school or
work."
Reservations are now being accepted and must be received
anytime prior
to October 1st to secure hotel accommodations and bus seats.
Trip
payments will be not become due until after the election.
Prices will
vary for each departing location. So far, buses are confirmed
to leave
from Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro and Charlotte. Other
departure
locations may be added. From Raleigh the trip price starts at
just
$235 per person. To review the full trip itinerary, various
hotel
pricing options
and registration form please click blue line here:
http://www.king-raleigh.org/events/agenda.cfm?program_id=1&event_id=6589
Or,
any citizen can send an email of interest to
info@king-raleigh.org
or call 919.834.6264.
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