{"id":2112,"date":"2014-03-07T06:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2014-03-05T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:19:10","slug":"nonviolence-youth-summit-part-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/07\/nonviolence-youth-summit-part-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonviolence Youth Summit Part 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arkansas<\/em><\/strong> Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission
\n<\/em><\/strong>Honorable Mike Beebe \u2013 Governor of Arkansas
\n<\/em>DuShun Scarbrough \u2013 Executive Director\/Agency Spokesperson
\n<\/em>501 Woodlane Avenue, Ste 122<\/em> South, Little Rock, AR 72201-1023
\n<\/em>Phone: 888-290-KING (5464) \u2022 Fax: (501) 683-1310
\n<\/em>DuShun.Scarbrough@Arkansas.Gov<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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FROM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>DuShun Scarbrough \u2013 Executive Director\/Agency Spokesperson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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For years, we have carried the tradition of hosting the Commemorative Vigil honoring the life and legacy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the State Capitol.\u00a0 We are pleased to announce that we are moving the location of this year\u2019s Commemorative vigil from the State Capitol to Harrison<\/em><\/strong> City Hall<\/em><\/strong>, 116 South Spring Street<\/strong>, Harrison, Arkansas 72601<\/strong>.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, April 1, 2014,<\/em> <\/strong>the first event to kick off this extraordinary celebration is the \u201cUnity Arts Celebration.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 <\/strong>This historic event will take place at <\/strong><\/span>The Lyric Theater, 113 West Rush, Harrison, Arkansas 72601 at 6:00 PM.<\/em> <\/strong>The theme for this event will commemorate The Beatles\u2019 50th Anniversary, their musical contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and their shared message of love and peace.\u00a0 All of the performances that evening will reflect a song or album recorded by The Beatles.<\/p>\n

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Immediately following the \u201cUnity Arts Celebration,\u201d<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>we once again commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u00a0 We will have a march starting at The Lyric Theater<\/em><\/strong> located at 113 West Rush Avenue<\/em><\/strong>, Harrison, Arkansas 72601<\/em><\/strong> at 7:15 PM<\/strong><\/em> and ending at Harrison<\/em><\/strong> City Hall<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>located at 116 South Spring Street<\/em><\/strong>, Harrison, Arkansas 72601<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em> Immediately following the march, the \u201c6th<\/sup> Annual Statewide Commemorative Vigil\u201d <\/em><\/strong>will begin at Harrison<\/em><\/strong> City Hall<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em> <\/strong>Thus, The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission commemorates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and cordially invites you to be a part of this tradition.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, April 2, 2014,<\/em><\/strong> the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission with the assistance of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, <\/em><\/span>will host the \u201cNonviolence Youth Summit Part X-LIFE AFTER HATE SERIES\u201d <\/em><\/strong>at the North Arkansas College Durand Conference Center, 303 N Main, Harrison, AR 72601<\/strong>, from 7:30 AM to 2:00 PM.<\/strong><\/em> This event is free and open the public, but prior confirmation of attendance is requested. Free lunch will be provided.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Our mission is to teach youth in all regions of the state. We have had great success in holding our past nine Nonviolence Youth Summits, which have each garnered the attendance of hundreds of youth. These summits have been held in West Memphis (January 2010), Pine Bluff (May 2010), Fayetteville (October 2010), Little Rock (May 2011), Hope (October 2011), Harrison (February 2012), Forrest City (October 2012), El Dorado (May 2013), and Helena-West Helena (September 2013). Please visit www.youtube.com\/armlk<\/a>, www.facebook.com\/ARKingDream.org\/photos_albums<\/a>, and www.arkansas.gov\/mlk<\/a> for photos and videos of our past Nonviolence Youth Summits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the AMLKC cordially invites you to attend all event<\/span><\/em><\/strong>s free of charge. <\/em><\/strong>Summit<\/em><\/strong>Summit<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We ask that you please RSVP by email to <\/span><\/em><\/strong>emily.r.farris@arkansas.gov<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u2013 Program Coordinator with a list of those attending and participating as well as a signed registration form (which is attached at the end of this document) by Friday, March 14, 2014, so that everyone who attends will be accommodated accordingly. We thank you once again for your anticipated participation in events that help the present and the next generation achieve Dr. King\u2019s dreams of understanding and acceptance of nonviolence and human equality as a way of building unity among all Arkansans.\u00a0 For more information, please contact the AMLKC office via phone at (501) 683-1300.or via fax to (501) 683-1310.\u00a0 We look forward to seeing you there!<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission Honorable Mike Beebe \u2013 Governor of Arkansas DuShun Scarbrough \u2013 Executive Director\/Agency Spokesperson 501 Woodlane Avenue, Ste 122 South, Little Rock, AR 72201-1023 Phone: 888-290-KING (5464) \u2022 Fax: (501) 683-1310 DuShun.Scarbrough@Arkansas.Gov TO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Partners in Education \u00a0 FROM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DuShun Scarbrough \u2013 Executive Director\/Agency Spokesperson RE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Change of Venue for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2114,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions\/2114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}