Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 2002 — Page 2
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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18,2002
Derek King to speak at Martin University on King Holiday
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Dr. Derek King will be the keynote speaker during Martin University’s King Holiday Celebration 11 a.m. Monday in the
school’s Gathertorium.
King is a member of and associate minister at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church where Dr.
Thomas L. Brown is pastor.
Derek Barber King, Sr., is the son of Reverend A.D. King, Sr. and Mrs. Naomi Barber King. Derek’s father is the only brother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A son of the south, Derek attended public schools in Birmingham, Alabama, Louisville, Ken-
tucky and Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1976, he entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. While in college, at the age of 20, Derek responded to the call of God to preach the Gospel. In 1979, he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in
Derek King, Sr. is a preacher, Instructor, motivator and activist. A nephew of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Derek Is often called to speak on his uncle’s great legacy of freedom fighting. He will be a featured speaker during Martin University’s King Holiday Celebration on campus 11 a.m.
Monday.
religious Studies and Political Theory and continued academic pursuit earning a Master of Divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/ Crozer Theological Seminar in Rochester, New York. He has Doctorates of Divinity conferred by Virginia College and Seminary in Lynchburg, Virginia. As a preacher. Dr. King has served as a pastor of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, in Rome, Georgia, organized the New Life Baptist Church of Christ in Rome, Georgia and the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in West Palm Beach, Florida. Presently, he is in demand as a preacher and
evangelist.
As an instructor. Dr. King, presently is a full time professor of Religious Studies at Martin University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He did not come into this position devoid of experience, prior to this
appointment he has taught in college extension programs, denominational capacities and public
school systems.
As a motivator. Dr. King is a certified conflict reconciliation trainer specializing in the discipline and of ‘Kingian’ Nonviolence. Continuing the ministry of his late uncle. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Derek King conducts seminars and workshops related to the subject of social change using nonviolent strategies and tactics. As an activist. Dr. King is committed to the continual struggle to eliminate discrimination, racism,
oppression and violence.
Dr. King is certified by the American Red Cross as an Afri-can-American HIV/AIDS Basic Facts and Fundamentals Instructor. He is a consultant to Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church Foun-
dation in Indianapolis.
form consensus on our true interests and value. And then we must be willing to get up, go out and get things done in the areas of education, economics and politics. We must understand our power of the vote and our power of the dollar. Then we must act.” Jesse Moore, president of the Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce said, “If Dr. King was alive today, he would look at the state of Black business and compare it to the condition of the Black race in the ’50s and ’60s. Black businesses are in need of some type of positive action if they are to be able to compete on a level playing field. Even though the number of Black businesses are increasing.
the size of those businesses will not allow them to compete for the larger contracts,” he said. Moore, a business owner himself, added that the larger companies are seeking to deal with fewer vendors, therefore only a handful of businesses, including Black businesses have the ability to compete for the larger dollars. Without action to combat the situation, the cycle will continue.. Evansville Baptist Youth Minister James Hardin added that we must keep the legacy alive. “We have come a long way on the backs of others. We must stand up for our generation and continue the mission out of duty to those who have fallen and out of duty to ourselves and our future.”
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work at nine sites throughout the city helping with activities such as painting, serving lunch and reha-
bilitating homes.
David Fredricks, Office of Neighborhood Resources grant project manager, said “We basically just use it as a way to enhance the work that the students do with
Civil Rights Commission chair highlights celebration of King’s life di " ner The co "“p* of doi "8 ** the volunteer projects during the
day is really just now starting to kick off. It’s actually a national campaign that’s been promoted by the federal government. As it’s promoted more and more maybe five to 10 years from now, you’ll see companies going out and doing
service projects.”
Using one day out of the year to
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Mary Frances Berry, the controversial chair of the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, will speak at
Indiana University Bloomington as the
headline event in a busy and diverse campus
celebration of Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. in IU’s
Whittenberger Auditorium.
A distinguished scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of seven
books. Berry has been in the news during the past year due to her leadership in an investigation that found significant vote fraud in Florida during the 2000 election and in a matter involving a new appointment to the
commission by President Bush. For many hours iii December 2001,
Berry’s face and voice became familiar to many Americans as she chaired long hearings about the Florida elections, accepting testimony from many voters and questioning election officials about events in November
2000. Last summer, she also was in the news when she refused to swear in a Bush appointee to the commission, arguing that the commissioner whom Bush sought to replace still had four years left in her term. That case is still unresolved and is in the courts. As a member of the Civil Rights Commission since 1980, Berry has been a leader in a number of national civil rights initiatives and has received 28 honorary degrees from a
wide variety of universities.
honor King is a good start, but Morse and Fredricks admonished residents to strive to realize his dream every day. “Vote. Register to vote,” says Morse. “Get involved in what’s going on in our city policies and state. We need people getting involved in the NAACP. Get involved, period.” “Volunteer more of your time,” Fredricks added. “Don’t just use this one day out of the year as the only day you go out and volunteer to do something. Spend some time with a child helping them learn to read, or you can go over to a church and help them clean up a lot.” Call 274-3931 for tickets; cost is $35.
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For The Recorder Indianapolis gathered to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and recognize outstanding Indiapapolis Public School students, teachers, administrators and business andeomwunity leaders at the 29th annual Indianapolis Education Association Dr. King Human Rights Awards Dinner. The dinner was held last Saturday and was sponsored by the Indianapolis Education Association, the union of IPS’ teachers. Since 1974, the annual Dr. King awards dinner has celebrated Dr. King’s life and legacy and honored the outstanding achievements of persons in the community who, the Indianapolis Education Association feels, have “made significant contributions to the promotion of human and civil rights.” One of the dinner’s highlights is the awarding of the annual “Edie Atwell Living The Dream Award.” Awarded in memory of educator and long time IEA leader Edie Atwell, the award recognizes a senior at each of IPS’ five high schools for their citizenship and academic achievement. The 2002 IEA Edie Atwell Award recipients were: • Ashley E. Lewis, Emmerich Manual High School. • Asia Smith-Bey, Broad Ripple High School. • Shavonne Holton, Arsenal Technical High School. • Monica C. Ohieku, Northwest High School. • Le’Joy White, Arlington High
School. Three IPS educators were honored at the dinner. Audra Jordan, an English teacher at Arlington High School, received the Leadership in Education Award, as did Gene Mosley, principal at Arlington Woods Elementary School 99. Barbara Morgan, a teacher at Florence Fay Elementary School 21, was honored by the IEA for Leadership in the United Education Profession. The Award for Leadership in Communications went to two wellknown Indianapolis television reporters. WRTV/Channel 6’s “Call 6” reporter Raphael Sanchez and 24-year veteran WTHR/Channel 13 reporter Rich Van Wyck. Olgen Williams, Christamore House executive director and longtime community leader and activist, received the Leadership in Community Service Award. Teachers Credit Union received the Leadership in Business Award. A Special Award for Human and Civil Rights was bestowed on long time teachers association executive Roger Sharp. A former member of the Executive Committee of the National Education Association (NEA), Sharp is currently running for NEA national secre-tary-treasurer. Keynote speaker for this year’s dinner was one of Indianapolis’ young, up and coming ministers, Rev. Damone Johnson, a former IPS student, who is assistant pastor at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.
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$8. Annual membership fees remain unchanged: Individual $39, family $60, family +2 $80, grandparent $60, grandparent +2 $80. The museum will continue to open its doors free 15 days throughout the year, including monthly Family First Thursdays, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day and Christmas Eve. Facility to tamporarily close The City of Indianapolis is tem-
porarily closing the Department of Works Engineering Division office and Permits Division of the Department of Metropolitan Development office at 604 N. Sherman Dr. The facility will close so it may be tested for asbestos. The city is unsure when it will reopen. Business usually conducted there should be done at the downtown office on the 21 st floor of the City-County Building.
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