NABCJ 35th Annual Conference and  Training Institute - Calling All Singers

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Justice Sunday

Martin Luther King Day

Justice Sunday National Continuum Briefing Points

• Since 2000, the National Alliance of Faith and Justice (www.nafj-nabcj.org) founded and has sponsored Justice Sunday as a national movement to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as an icon for change through service.
• The commemoration serves as a campaign to mobilize meaningful volunteer acts throughout the nation, heavily but not exclusively targeting national communities of faith.
• It is the mission of NAFJ to promote the value of inclusion of faith in addressing the prevention, consequences and resolutions of crime with emphasis upon its impact on African Americans and other people of color in society.
• For each of the four prior years, the Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change has issued a Grant of Rights to NAFJ to use the images and various quotes spoken by Dr. King in conjunction with this annual commemoration.

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2008 Justice Sunday/Martin Luther King Jr. Essay, Poetry and Poster Contest

On behalf of National Alliance of Faith and Justice, Family Reunification, Reintegration, and Tolerance Project and our many partners, we would like to invite you to participate in our 1st Annual Justice Sunday/Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Essay, Poetry, and Poster Contest.

This program is in honor of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and in memory of other civil rights icons, to include the late Mrs. Rosa Parks, Mrs. Coretta Scott King and Mr. Matthew and Mrs. Mae Bertha Carter.

Students, teachers, adults, and parents are invited to submit essay, poetry, and poster entries that highlight the Civil Rights Movement and efforts to "Stop The Violence" in an educational and informative manner. To assist participants with potential topics and subject matter, we have included a Civil Rights Timeline at the end of this packet.

Students should be encouraged to incorporate personal experiences into the content of their submissions. Special certificates will be awarded to all submissions that showcase how youth have pledged to "Stop The Violence" in their lives, families and communities in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you are interested in participating in this worthwhile event, please complete a program entry form for each entry and forward it along with your contest submission to the address listed in the coordinator packet no later than December 22, 2007. All program participants will receive a certificate of participation for their efforts on behalf of the 2008 Justice Sunday/Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

 

2008 Justice Sunday/Martin Luther King Jr. Day "Stop the Violence"

In an effort to raise awareness of the need for reduction and intervention efforts on behalf of youth violence, the National Alliance of Faith and Justice and Family Reunification, Reintegration and Tolerance Project in cooperation with our many partners, would like to invite you to pledge to "Stop The Violence".

Those individuals who choose to make the pledge are encouraged to engage their friends and families in volunteerism to make a difference as Dr. King and thousands of others did during the Civil Rights Movement.

All pledge submissions will receive a "Certificate of Participation" for their commitment to "Stop The Violence" and engage in meaningful acts of service.