Stand with Martin. Stand for Peace

Be visible in honor of Martin’s birthday and

his legacy of peace and justice.


Monday, January 16, 2006

1:30-5:00



1:30: - 2:00

Stand Out

Cambridge City Hall

795 Mass. Ave.

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Community Gathering at YWCA

7 Temple Street, Central Square


2:00-3:00 Sharing the words of Dr. King and what it means today

A time to share your reasons for keeping peace and justice alive and to hear the words of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Riverside Church .


3:00-5 A multi-media presentation –

Conscious lyrics, hip-hop, music, poetry and spoken word


* Griot poet Askia Touré of the Black Arts Movement * Cambridge poet Richard Cambridge

* Community Arts Center Artist Joseph Corbie * Vocalist Kelley Johnson

* Trumpeter and hip-hop freestyler Pete Shungu aka AfroDZak * Folk musician Eddy Dyer

* PJ Steyer and Boston Classical Soo Bahk Do Martial Arts

* The reggae sounds of Verbal Rakia * Criminal Justice, Native poet Jamie Bissonnette

* Saxophonist Poetry Jammer Jeff Robinson

* Iraq vet and poet Christopher Johnson * Poet Artist Iyeoka Okoawo

* Rapper DL Daniel Laurent bringing it from the heart *Vocalist Lisa Doyle

* Neo-soul singer Gretchen Elise and band in tribute to MLK

Emceed by Spoken word artist Amatul Hannan and the human-beat-box Nate Peyman


FREE EVENT


IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY,

WE INVITE YOU TO BRING LIGHT FOOD TO SHARE AT THE YWCA


Co-sponsored by AQUARII Arts, the Cambridge Peace Commission and the YWCA of Cambridge.

For more information, please call 617-349-4694, or email peace@cambridgema.gov