Editor's Note: Thanks to Zalee Harris for submitting these events. Please mark your calendars and plan to commemorate the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Don't let the day just be another day off from work or school, but make it a memorable occasion as you reflect on the great contributions that this man of God made to society.

Friday, January 15, 2010 at 7 p.m.

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Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 5 p.m.

The Ark of Safety Christian Church
9402 Marlboro Pike
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 20772

www.thearkofsafety.org

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The 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Awards Dinner is scheduled for Friday, January 15, 2010,
6:00pm at the La Fontaine Bleue, 7514 Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie, Maryland.

The keynote address Congresswoman Donna Edwards. Proceeds
from the dinner will go toward establishing the first and
only Coretta Scott King Memorial Gardens in the State of Maryland.
The memorial will be located on the Annapolis campus
of Sojourner Douglass College in Edgewater, Maryland.

More information:  www.mlkmd.org

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Community Day Event - Bishop C. Anthony Muse, Speaker

Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 11am

Marlow Heights - Community Center

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14th Annual Poetry Tribute Poetry Extravaganza 2010

Saturday, January, 16, 2010

1pm - 5pm

MLK, Jr. Memorial Library

901 G St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

by Collective Voices honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

featuring Washington, D.C. Poet Laureate Dolores Kendrick
as this year's Poet of Distinction

http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewevent.asp?AuthorID=56467&id=14940

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SCLC Banquet

Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 3pm

Bishop C. Anthony Muse, Keynote Speaker

Contact Mr Bishop at 301.773.1274 Tickets $45

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First Baptist Church of Glenarden & WHUR Radio

A Celebration

Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:00pm (noon)

600 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20774

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Celebrating Prince George's first Black County Executive

Happy Birthday - Wayne Curry

Thursday, January, 21, 2010

6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Camelot by Martin’s

13905 Central Avenue / Upper Marlboro, MD 20774

For sponsorship details contact Terri Roberts:

301.218.4500 / terriwroberts@verizon.net

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Annie's Art Gallery

Thursday, February, 18, 2010

5814 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, MD 20748

Black History Month - Poetry Open Mic Night

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