SUNDAY JAN 20
The 23rd Annual University-Community Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. at the William & Ida B. Friday Center for Continuing Education. The Rev. Chancy R. Edwards, pastor emeritus at First Baptist Church in Fayetteville and senior advisor to the governor of North Carolina, is the keynote speaker for the event. To purchase tickets, please contact 962-6962 or visit www.unc.edu/diversity/mlk/schedule.html.

MONDAY JAN 21
The annual community celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr., a rally with speeches and song, will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Peace & Justice Plaza at the Franklin Street Post Office. At 10:30 a.m., participants will march west on Franklin Street to First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill, located at 106 N. Roberson St., for the annual service commemorating King’s life. The Rev. Curtis Gatewood, former president of the Durham Chapter of the NAACP, is the featured speaker at the 11 a.m. service.

Campus events include:

• He Was a Poem: A Gathering in the Tradition, an event that will explore Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy through music, poetry and spoken word, will being at 7 p.m. Monday The Sonja Haynes Stone Center. Musician Bradley Simmons of the Duke University Djembe Ensemble, poets Michael and Lita Simanga and spoken word artist Kim Arrington will perform.
• Candlelight Vigil at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday around the Old Well in McCorkle Place.
• The MLK Keynote Lecture: Ruby Dee and Presentation of 26th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hall. For tickets, call the box office at 843-3333.

For information about more campus events, visit http://www.unc.edu/diversity/mlk/schedule.html.