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The 2007 King Holiday Festivities in San Francisco, California
FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE

January 15th Event Highlights
9 AM to 5 PM
at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium,
99 Grove St., San Francisco, CA 94102

TRANSPORTATION TO THE EVENT

Quotes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • "With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope."
  • "The time is always right to do what is right"
  • "Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral"
  • "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."


Monday, January 15, 2007:
21st ANNUAL FEDERAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

Freedom Bus Rides: From 11:00am-12 Noon:
CALTRANS Station - 4th & Townsend
MLK Memorial in Yerba Buena Gardens -
3rd b/w Howard & Mission
*[Returning bus rides will be provided after the rally celebration]

2007 Writercorps Information is coming soon.
View the 2006 Writercorps Winner here...

Rally Celebration Program:
Starts at 12 noon - 2:00pm

Program Schedule To Your Left...


First San Francisco “Freedom Train”, sponsored by MTA in conjunction with the partial service launch of the new T-Third line

    • Departure time 11:30 am from Sunnydale Station will arrive at Civic Center station at approximately 12: 08 pm.
    • The route will travel from Visitacion Valley beginning at the Bayshore/Sunnydale platform and proceed by escort provided by Officers for Justice, down Third Street stopping at each of the 18 new stations and proceed to the Civic Center Station

MTA table/booth at the Civic Center celebration

    • The table will have T-Third promotional items, safety pouches for the children, Muni information and Access Guides as well as DPT materials.

The MTA will provide 15 shuttle buses

    • CalTrain Freedom train arrives at 4th and King Street Station at 11:25 am.
    • The MTA buses will transport CalTrain “Freedom Train” participants from the station at 4th and King Street to the Civic Center and the King Day festivities. This will be a round trip service. These same buses will be available at the end of the event to shuttle riders back to the Caltrain station.

Commemorative Ticket

    • Passengers on the MTA “Freedom Train” will receive a Commemorative Ticket that will allow them a free ride on their return trip.

 

 
 
LARKIN HALL TEACH-IN SCHEDULE
10:15am - 10:45am

Health Conductors led by
Bay Area Black United Fund

10:15am - 10:45am Prostate Health Initiative led by the African American Healthy Disparity Project
10:15am - 10:45am High Blood Pressure and Diabetes led by U-Shaka
11:00am - 11:30am Health Conductors led by
Bay Area Black United Fund
11:00am - 11:30am Prostate Health Initiative led by the African American Healthy Disparity Project
11:00am - 11:30am High Blood Pressure and Diabetes led by U-Shaka
3:00pm - 3:30pm Health Conductors led by
Bay Area Black United Fund
3:00pm - 3:30pm Prostate Health Initiative led by the African American Healthy Disparity Project
3:00pm - 3:30pm High Blood Pressure and Diabetes led by U-Shaka

POLK HALL TEACH-IN SCHEDULE
10:15am - 10:45am From Hope to Despair (the legacies of Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Coretta Scott King
led by the Honorable Willie B. Kennedy and Michael Roosevelt
10:15am - 10:45am Civil Rights, Youth & The Law
led by Stanford University Students
11:00am - 11:30am From Hope to Despair (the legacies of Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Coretta Scott King
led by the Honorable Willie B. Kennedy and Michael Roosevelt
11:00am - 11:30am Civil Rights, Youth & The Law
led by Stanford University Students
3:00pm - 3:45pm From Hope to Despair (the legacies of Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Coretta Scott King
led by the Honorable Willie B. Kennedy and Michael Roosevelt
3:00pm - 3:30pm Civil Rights, Youth & The Law
led by Stanford University Students
3:00pm - 3:45pm What Would Martin Do?
led by Susan E. of MLK Research and Education