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In observance of MLK holiday
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Posted on Jan 13 2006
First, I want to extend my special thanks to Dr. David Borja for supporting and being very instrumental in fulfilling my request for Martin Luther King Jr. Day to be a holiday in the school system’s calendar and for keeping our hope alive that it will one day become an official holiday in the CNMI, as it is in the rest of the entire nation. But I won’t use this opportunity to talk about our government’s failure to recognize MLK Day.
The African-American Cultural Preservation Committee Inc. is inviting all CNMI citizens to participate in a tribute to celebrate and commemorate the continuing struggle for civil and human rights in observing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 16, 2006 at Memorial Park.
The public will join hands and participate in a commemorative “mini-march” starting at 5pm from the central parking area of the American Memorial Park, down Beach Road to Garapan Elementary School and back to the American Memorial Park. Following the march a program will be held in the museum/theater area of the park and the Honorable Sen. Maria T. Pangelinan, the CNMI’s first female senator, will deliver the keynote address.
I am asking everyone in the public to please attend this commemoration of Dr. King and to help keep the dream alive in the CNMI.
Ambrose Bennett
Kagman High School
