Sunday, Jan. 18, the Lancaster Branch of the NAACP will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day program at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 31 S. Duke St.
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The theme is "Fulfilling The Dream, 1968-2008, A Change Has Come." The speaker is the Rev. Martin David Odom, pastor of Bethel Village AME Church in Harrisburg.
Under the leadership of Odom, Bethel Village relocated 16 persons from New Orleans to Harrisburg after Hurricane Katrina. He's started a radio broadcast ministry there as well.
A native of Newark, N.J., Odom also served as pastor of Historic St. James AME Church in downtown New Orleans, the oldest AME church in the Deep South. He is currently an Ernest P. Cachere doctoral fellow in urban studies at the University of New Orleans.
• In honor of King, Millersville University will observe a moment of remembrance at 11:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19, as the university's Old Main Bell tolls 39 times, once for each year of King's life.
• Millersville's student chapter of the NAACP, Commission on Cultural Diversity, and Black Culture Celebration also will sponsor a campus celebration of King with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, in Lyte Auditorium.
Dyson, a best-selling author, scholar and cultural critic, will deliver the presentation, which is free and open to the public.
• Elizabethtown College will celebrate the life and accomplishments of King with a series of events the week of Jan. 18. The lectures, discussions and concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets are required, and seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, call 361-1983.
• At 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, in Gibble Auditorium of Esbenshade Hall, the college will host a showing of "The Ernest Green Story," which focuses on the 1957 integration of Little Rock (Ark.) Central High School.
• Monday, Jan. 19, the college will host the following public events:
From 2-4 p.m. in Brossman Commons, there will be a discussion titled "Obama: A Legacy of Hope, or a Dream Still Deferred?" The audience will discuss the relevance of the election of the first black president to King's vision of racial equality.
At 7:15 p.m. at Brossman Commons, there will be a candlelight re-enactment march that will conclude at Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event will be preceded by a reception at 6:30 p.m. at the Blue Bean Café in Brossman Commons. Free hot chocolate and warm apple cider will be served.
At 7:30 p.m., a gospel concert in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center will be held. The event will feature performances by the college's Fully Devoted Gospel Choir and guests.
• The celebration will conclude at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Room 110 of the James B. Hoover Center for Business with a faculty forum — "From Fatalism to Freedom: The Prophetic Theology of Martin Luther King Jr." — presented by Dr. Michael Long, associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies. Long has published several books on King's legacy.
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