[StBernard] MLK Day Events through out the city

[Westley Annis]

.8 a.m. to 3 p.m. MLK Day of Service, staging at Xavier University Center.
Presented by Xavier, Tulane, Loyola and Dillard.
.9 a.m. Program on steps of New Orleans City Hall. At 10 a.m., a march will
begin at City Hall and end at the Martin Luther King Jr. statue on South
Claiborne Avenue. Participants are asked to donate non-perishable food items
to Second Harvest Food Bank.
.9 a.m. to noon. The American Red Cross and HOPE volunteers, along with
members of the David Crockett Fire Department and the Gretna Fire Board,
will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. by distributing lifesaving
fire safety information in Gretna neighborhoods.
.9 a.m. March and memorial service. Begins at Violet Park, St. Bernard
Highway. It will proceed to Corinne Missionary Baptist Church, 5620 E. Judge
Perez Drive, Violet, for a memorial service.
.9 a.m. March and memorial service. March begins at East St. John Elementary
School in LaPlace and proceeds to Percy Hebert Building, where a memorial
will be held.
.9 a.m. Walk to benefit charity. Griffith Park in Olde Towne, Slidell. Tau
Iota Omega, a chapter of the national Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, celebrates
national day of service with the second Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Walk.
Registration, $10, begins at 8:45 a.m. Walk benefits local charities. 
.10 a.m. March and memorial service. March begins at Hale Boggs Bridge in
Luling and proceeds to St. Charles Parish Courthouse, where a memorial will
be held at noon.
.10 a.m. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Task Force Inc. of Jefferson Parish
will present its annual MLK parade and march, beginning at L.W. Higgins High
School, 7201 Lapalco Blvd., Marrero, and ending at 2 p.m. at Johnny Jacob
Playground, 5851 Fifth St., Marrero.
.10 a.m. Parade. Begins at Rev. Peter Atkins Park, Covington, winds through
the West 30s neighborhood and ends at the Greater Covington Center on
Jefferson Avenue, where a celebration will take place. 
.11 a.m. Parade, program. The city of Kenner will sponsor its 25th annual
Martin Luther King Jr. march. The parade will begin at Providence Baptist
Church, 11509 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, and heads on Jefferson Highway
to Decatur Street to the Dr. Arthur P. Clay Sr. Resource Center, 200 Decatur
St., Kenner. Program begins at the center at noon. In case of inclement
weather, the event will move from the resource center to the Buddy Lawson
Gym, 1800 Short St., Kenner. 
.Noon. March and memorial service. March begins at Roland Borne Sr. Memorial
Library, 2979 Louisiana 18, Edgard, and proceeds to West Bank Community
Center, 173 E. Third St., Edgard, where a memorial will be held.
.4 p.m., Solomon Theater at St. Martin's Episcopal School, 225 Green Acres
Road, Metairie. Free showing of Sundance Festival selection "Traces of the
Trade: A Story from the Deep North," a feature documentary in which
filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the
largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. 
.6 p.m. Rally, memorial service. Begins at Starlight Missionary Baptist
Church, 2100 Second St., Slidell. Memorial service begins at the church at 7
p.m. 
.6:30 p.m. Asbury United Methodist, Second Baptist and Second Nazarene
Baptist churches will host their annual joint Martin Luther King celebration
at Asbury United Methodist Church, 2725 Ernest St. in Lower Algiers.
.6:45 p.m. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Task Force Inc. of Jefferson
Parish will present its annual Martin Luther King Jr. banquet at The Four
Columns, 3711 West Bank Expressway. The cost is $40 and is open to the
public. For more information, call 504.376.2130.