Local News in Brief : ACTIVITIES ON KING’S BIRTHDAY
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The following activities are scheduled in Orange County on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
Today:
Martin Luther King Jr. Awareness Day activities at UCI Medical Center in Orange will include two screenings of the film, “I Have a Dream.” Horace Mitchell, vice chancellor of student affairs, will speak about King in a session at noon in the library, Room 2116. Robert Leonard, assistant finance director, will speak about King at a 3 p.m. screening in Building 53, Room D.
An assembly will be held at 11:20 a.m. at Mountain View High School. Speakers include Harvey Williams, a recruitment counselor at UC Irvine who marched with King.
Candlelight worship service at 7:30 p.m. at First Mission Baptist Church, 1817 W. 3rd St., Santa Ana.
Monday:
The Rev. George W. Banks, president of the Baptist Minister Conference, will speak at a celebration service from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Second Baptist Church, 1915 W. McFadden Ave., Santa Ana.
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