Clergy And Faith Community To Consecrate Grounds For MLK Memorial

Aug. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- WHAT/WHO:   
“MLK Memorial Consecration Service”, a spiritual enriching program to sanctify and bless the grounds of the new MLK Memorial.  Rev. Dr. Willie F. Wilson will organize a gathering of thousands representing every sector of our community for a consecration service.  Clergy, along with members of the faith community will participate along with musical artist, such as Grammy, Dove and Stellar Award winner, Tramaine Hawkins, Grammy Award winners Sweet Honey in the Rock, multi-talented founder and community based choir, Kevin Terry and Predestined, and the dynamic female trio Heiress.  Prior to the consecration service, Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network will convene a one-mile march for jobs, social justice and equality from the Lincoln Memorial, to the King monument.  

WHEN/WHERE:   
Saturday, August 27, 2011 – 10:00 a.m.-4 p.m., National Mall in Washington, D.C.

BACKGROUND:      
On Sunday, August 28th 2011, the historic statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, one of the greatest religious leaders and civil libertarians the world has ever known will be unveiled on the National Mall in our Nations Capital. The ceremony however will be very limited in reflecting the wide and varied scope of his work. Dr. King devoted his entire life to freedom, justice and equality for the masses of people who had no voice and no one to speak for them. To that end he included many varied segments of the community in his demonstration and protests against injustice – clergy, churches, college students, labor, government and organizational leaders, community organizers and activists. He was first and foremost a Baptist preacher. It is therefore altogether fitting and proper that a clergy – led gathering of such a broad and diverse makeup participate in this once – in a lifetime celebration. All the various segments of the population who Dr. King marched and protested for, spoke for and ultimately gave his life for should be a part of this grand occasion.

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