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Web Changes & Coalition News

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our Website & news about the Coalition itself. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

• Officers Elected to Plan 2011 Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration

The Martin Luther King Coalition Steering Committee elected  Officers for the 2010-2011 Planning Year: DG  Krasner, representing the Greater Manchester Black Scholarship Foundation will serve as Chair of the Steering Committee; Ellen 'Belanger, representing the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester, will serve as Vice Chair  & Silent Auction Coordinator; Sally Crateau, representing New Hampshire Citizens Alliance will serve as Secretary; and Traci Belanger,  representing the Cultural Diversity Task Force of Greater Manchester will serve as Treasurer and Arts & Writing Contest Coordinator.

Other Coalition Member Org Reps desiring to serve on the Steering Committee should contact Program Director VanessaLWJ@MartinLutherKingCoalition.org  about other positions to be filled.

The Steering Committee meets the 3rd Monday of every month at the Brady Sullivan Tower. Other Coalition Member Org Reps are welcome to attend, although they cannot vote nor add to the Agenda. If there is a item you'd like on the Agenda, please contact VanessaLWJ@MartinLutherKingCoalition.org about the feasibility of adding it, as meetings are only 90 minutes long: 6 - 7:30pm.

• NH Alliance for Immigrants & Refugees Sponsors Workers' Day Rally at Manchester's City Hall

Yesterday we were promised change.

 Today we want to see change!

Join us as we celebrate Workers’ Day and advocate for a fair Immigration Reform and equal rights for all workers!

Where: Manchester City Hall Plaza

When: April 30, 2010 at 4:30 Pm

Sponsored by NH Alliance for Immigrants & Refugees- NHAIR-

For information call Eva Castillo, (603)-661-2873

• All Sponsors & Supporters Now Listed and Linked

 One  of the aims of the website is to provide links to not only our Member Organizations, but also to our Sponsors & Supporters without whom  we wouldn't be able to present the free & open to the public Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration.  Please support these organizations & businesses, each of whom have a page on this site. Clicking the ad of on their page will bring you to their websites (if they have one), so you can find out more about them & what they do.    

• Arnie Alpert's Supporters Brave the Weather to See Him Receive the Martin Luther King Award

Before a full house -- which obviously would have been standing room only if not for the snowstorm -- the 2010 Martin Luther King Award was presented to Arnie Alpert, Program Coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC-NH)! Arnie was a key player in the 20-years-to-success movement  to make Martin Luther King Day an official state holiday in New Hampshire. He served tirelessly for ~25 years on the Martin Luther King Coalition Steering Committee. Senator Jeanne Shaheen's office presented a Letter of Commendation from the former NH Governor who signed the bill making Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official state holiday.

• Arts & Writing Contest Winners Presented Awards

Oyster River Middle School students in Durham once again swept the top prizes, but a lone student from Barrington Middle School, working entirely on his own, captured an Honorable Mention for his entry in the Writing category. The Lionel Washington Johnson Youth Awards Winners were honored & presented their prizes by State Employees Association President, Gary Smith, at the 28th Annual Martin Luther King Community Celebration on Monday, January 16th, before a full house!

• Guest Speaker Made it Despite the Weather

The 2010 Community Celebration's Guest Speaker was  Harvard Professor Mica Pollock, Ph.D.,  who managed to make it 'to the church on time' from Boston, despite 6 - 12" of snow, depending upon where you live. Mica is a researcher & author of several books on how youth and adults discuss and address everyday issues of diversity and opportunity in schools. Pollock’s first book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School  won the 2005 Outstanding Book Award. Mica truly enjoyed our celebration, and is one of the only Speakers who has stayed  for the entire celbration, from beginning to end!

Press Releases

• Steering Committee Elects Officers to Plan 2011 Celebration

• Arnie Alpert to Receive 28th Martin Luther King Award

Recent Media Coverage of Martin Luther King Coalition

Direct questions or comments about this Website to WebMaster  VanessaLWJ@HendrixHouse.com with questions or comments.
Last modified: 03/06/10