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 New York State
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holiday Memorial Observance
Monday, January 21, 2013
10:00
AM - 11:30 AM
Doors open at 9:00 AM
Convention Center
Empire State Plaza
Free
and Open to the Public
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"...And
The Dream Continues"
2013
Performance Lineup
OPENING
Reverend Leonard Comithier, Macedonia Baptist Church, Albany
- Posting of the Colors: Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York
- National Anthem: Innae Park, News Anchor, YNN-TV, Time Warner
Cable
- Invocation: Rabbi Binyamin
Lehrfield, Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob, Albany
- Musical Selection: “Encourage
Yourself,” Tiffany Andrews-Woodside,
“2012 Sunday Best Contestant,”
BET-TV
NEW YORK STATE CALL TO COMMEMORATION
Alphonso B. David, Deputy Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of
the Governor
PRESENTATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE
2013 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Presented to Herbert C. Thorpe, Tuskegee Airman
By RoAnn Destito, Commissioner, New York State Office of General
Services
A MESSAGE OF ACTION - “A NEW SENSE OF DIGNITY”
Emcee - Elisa Streeter, News Anchor, WTEN-TV 10
- Musical Selection: “Precious Lord”, Joshua King, Harmonica, 12
years old
- Video Presentation of “Martin Luther King, Jr. – The Man”
- Dramatic Presentation: Performed by Too Deep Entertainment,
Inc.
A MESSAGE OF EQUALITY – THE PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE
“STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (SNCC)”
Emcee - Yolanda Vega, New York Lottery
- Dramatic Presentation: “SNCC - The Meeting” written and
produced by Donald Hyman Productions
- Youth Presentation - “My Dream” Nagihr Nijel Jones, Drummer,
11 years old
A MESSAGE OF HOPE
“MARCH ON WASHINGTON – 50th Anniversary (August 28, 1963)”
Emcee - JoDee Kenny, News Anchor, YNN –TV, Time Warner Cable
- Musical Selection: Buffalo State Chamber Choir introduced by
Carlos Medina, Associate Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor
for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, State University of New
York
-
Keynote Speaker: Reverend
Cordelia Wallace, Senior Associate Pastor and First
Lady of Agape Cathedral, Brooklyn, NY
(Reverend
Wallace's biography)
A MESSAGE OF UNITY - “THE KING CENTER, ATLANTA”
Emcee - Reverend Dr. Edward B. Smart, First Israel African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Albany
- Happy Birthday Dr. King: “Ms. Henrietta Franklin” Debra Quattlebaum, Local Actress and Joshua King, Harmonica, 12 years
old
- Musical Presentation: Featuring Tiffany Andrews-Woodside,
“2012 Sunday Best” Contestant,
BET-TV with the Capital District Community Voices of Praise,
Dennis Edney, Minister of Music, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
CLOSING
Anthem of the Movement “We Shall Overcome”
- Benediction: Reverend Mariana Rodriguez, First United
Methodist Church, Rensselaer and Rev. Elgin Joseph Taylor, Sr.,
Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church, Albany
Please join the “Beloved Community March” and Wreath-Laying
Ceremony at the Lincoln Park King Memorial immediately following
the program. |
