King Committee of Greater Attleboro Hosts Virtual King Holiday Program On Monday, January 18, 2021,
STACEY GEER
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee of Greater Attleboro will host its 34th annual commemoration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
The virtual program, produced by DoubleACS, Attleboro’s local cable station, will air at 1:00 p.m. on DoubleACS and NorthTV.
As in the past, the committee’s King-day event will feature a municipal program with local politicians followed by an interfaith service.
TY WATERMAN
Folk guitarist, and Attleboro City Councilman, Ty Waterman will perform during the municipal program. The interfaith service will feature Ron Jones of Dialogues on Diversity, as the keynote speaker. Dialogues on Diversity is a training company that uses theatrical models to promote dialogue and understanding around diversity, cultural sensitivity, and social justice. Jones will address the theme of “The Strength of Shared Dreams.” Jones will examine components of Dr. King’s dream to show how his vision for humanity is, or should be, a model for all those who dare to dream of better lives for themselves and their fellow citizens.
RON JONES
Jones has been an actor, director, and trainer for more than 20 years.
He has been a performing member of such troupes as ImprovBoston, StageCoach Improv, and the U.S. Improvisational Theatre League. In 2002, Jones won an Emmy for best children’s programming for the television program “re:Action.”
The interfaith service will also feature cantor Stacey Geer of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Norton, musical selections from the Evangelical Covenant Church choir, and a virtual reveal of the Community Circle Project, a collaborative art making project that attendees participated in during the 2020 interfaith service.
At the service, guest will be invited to paint and write on circles to illustrate community connection and unity.
The circles have now been incorporated into three large-scale paintings.
The paintings were completed by local artist Sandy Coleman, who led the session at the service and created the Community Art Project for the committee. The project was funded by a grant from the Attleboro Cultural Council.
Due to the pandemic, the “official” reveal of the paintings at a public event has been postponed.
A goodwill offering will be taken up during the virtual program. Half of the offering will be donated to the Attleboro Interfaith Collaborative. The remainder of the offering will fund the committee’s W. Duane Lockard Scholarship and its general operating fund.
The program can be watched at DoubleACS, Cable station 15, Attleboro, its Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/DoubleACS/
and YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DoubleACS NorthTV,
Cable station 15, North Attleboro and its Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/NorthTV/
and the MLK Committee’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/mlkgreaterattleboro
The committee’s 2021 program is supported in part by a grant from the Rotary Club Foundation, Attleboro.
Members of the committee include Sonia Aguiar, Attleboro; Ethel Garvin, Attleboro; The Rev. Jewel Hardmon, Attleboro; Melissa Martin, Attleboro; Dawn McKetchnie, Attleboro, Mark Morin, Attleboro; Jermaine T. Patterson, Attleboro; and Mary Whelan, Attleboro.