The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Commission invites you to honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the achievements of MLK Honorees at the 2008 King Week Celebration January 16th through the 21st.

This year's theme is "Stand Tall."

List of MLK Honorees

Distinguished Service - Pastor James H. Davis
Community Service - Patricia Crippens
Advocacy - The Clinton 12
Education - Montina Jones
Business - NMP Information Services
Arts - Donald Brown
Parade Grand Marshals - TBA

List of Events

DATE/TIME/EVENT/LOCATION
January 16/NOON/Interfaith Prayer Service/First Baptist Church on 105 Main Street.
January 17/8:30 AM/Leadership and Diversity Symposium/Knoxville Marriott.

A single $35 ticket covers both the Jan. 17 symposium and luncheon.

January 17/NOON/Leadership and Diversity Awards Luncheon/Knoxville Marriott Hotel with keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Forrest E. Harris, Sr., President American Baptist College of Nashville, Tennessee.

A single $35 ticket covers both the Jan. 17 symposium and luncheon.

January 18/11:30 AM/Groundbreaking ceremony for TVA and Knoxville's Habitat for Humanity/TBA.
January 18/7 PM/Panel discussion, "The Cost of Militarism to Our Community"/Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Avenue. Lead sponsor Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance.
January 19/10:30 AM/Youth Symposium/Vine Middle Magnet School
January 19/11:30 AM/YWCA Race Against Racism/Phyllis Wheatley Center at 124 S. Cruze Street.
January 20/6 PM/"A Night With The Arts"/Colston Center for the Performing Arts at Knoxville College.
January 21/8:30-10 AM/Memorial March (Parade) Line-up & Step-off/Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church.
January 21/11:45 AM/Memorial Tribute Service/Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church with keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, nationally-renowned theologian and ordained elder in the African Methodist Church.
January 21/6 PM/Holiday Celebration Concert/Knoxville Civic Auditorium.

For additional information contact Thomas "Tank" Strickland at 865-215-2048.