Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Austin
Saturday, January 16th, 2010| January 18, 2010 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
Celebrate MLK Day in Austin, TX, Monday, Jan. 18. Texas State Employees Union will meet at 9:45 am at the AFL-CIO (11th & LaVaca, limited parking available), join the 10 am event at the Capitol, and march with our banner. Dominican Joe’s (515 S. Congress) holds an all-day Haiti disaster relief fundraiser also on Monday (http://www.dominicanjoe.com/haiti/).
Remember Martin Luther King, Jr., inspiring leader and
*****Indefatigable fighter for civil rights
*****Opponent of the Vietnam War
*****Supporter of workers’ struggles to organize
The Austin Area Heritage Council also sponsors a festival at Huston-Tillotson University immediately following the march.
For more information on the march route and the many Austin MLK Day events, see http://www.mlkcelebration.com/
