The Martin Luther King, Jr. Realizing the Dream Committee exists to raise consciousness about injustice and promote human equality, peace, and social justice by creating educational and cultural opportunities for growth, empowerment, and social change so that every person may experience the bounty of life’s abundant possibilities.
Upcoming Events
Legacy Banquet
Friday, January 13, 2012
6:30 p.m., Hotel Capstone
Call 205-348-7111 for ticket information
Guest Speaker: Terri A. Sewell
Honorees:
Horizon Award - Gwendolyn Ferreti
Call to Conscience Award - Bryan Fair
Mountaintop Award - Nimrod Reynolds
23rd Annual Realizing the Dream Concert
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012
7:30 p.m., Concert Hall of Moody Music Building
Featured Performers: Chris Kozak Jazz Quintet with special guest Eric Essix, Guitar
Performing compositions by Chris Kozak and Tom Wolfe inspired by Dr. King's 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival Speech
Tom Wolfe, Guitar and Guest Soloist
Dr. Jonathan Noffsinger, Saxophone
Rob Alley, Trumpet/ Flugelhorn
Chris Kozak, Double Bass and Electric Bass
Mark Lanter, Drum Set
The Chris Kozak Quintet is a contemporary Jazz Quintet in the formation of saxophone, trumpet, guitar or piano, electric or double bass and drum set. This evening's artists fill feature as guest soloist Tom Wolfe on guitar, Dr. Jonathan Noffsinger on saxophones, Rob Alley on trumpets and Mark Lanter on drum set, all of whom are faculty in The University of Alabama Jazz Studies program. Originally formed in 2005 as a quartet, the recent addition of trumpet to the lineup as enabled the ensemble to take on more extended improvisations as well as more expansive orchestrations.
SCLC Unity Day Activities – January 16, 2012
Unity Breakfast – 7 a.m. – Hay College Center, Stillman College, 3601 Stillman Blvd., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Speaker: Rev.Jeffery Cammon, Saint Peter AME Zion Church, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Unity March – Noon – The march will originate at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School, located at 2430 Martin Luther King, Jr. BLVD., and will proceed to the Tuscaloosa City Hall.
Mass Rally – 6 p.m. – First African Baptist Church, 2621 Stillman Blvd., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Speaker: Rev. Freedom Woods, Pine Grove Baptist Church, Greensboro, Ala.
For additional information, call (205) 553-4187.