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Greater Lansing Area MLK Holiday Commission

                       Commission Chairpersons, Speakers and Themes • 2000-2012

                Chairpersons/Themes                         Speakers
      1-19-00   Edward Thomas                               Rev. Dr. Delores Carpenter
                “Remember! Celebrate! Act...                Professor of Religious Education at Howard University
                A Day On, Not A Day Off!”                   School of Divinity


      1-15-01   Cheryl Lenoir                               Rev. Wendell Anthony
                “Remember! Celebrate! Act...                Pastor, Fellowship Chapel, Detroit
                A Day On, Not A Day Off!”


      1-21-02   Ron Nichols                                 Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Thomas
                “Celebrate the Past With Reverence,         Pastor, Eph’patha Full Gospel Baptist Church
                Celebrate the Future With Courage and Hope”



      1-20-03   Ron Nichols                                 Rev. Dr. Ann F. Lightner-Fuller
                “Unity, One World, One Nation, One People”   Pastor, Mt. Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church, Towson, MD



      1-19-04   Tracy Thomas                                Rev. Alfonso Wyatt
                “Unity, One World, One Nation, One People”   Vice President of Fund for The City of New York


      1-17-05   Tracy Thomas                                Dr. Carolyn Ann Knight
                “Where are We and When Will We              Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA
                Overcome?”


      1-16-06   Paul Elam                                   Ms. Lynn Marie Smith
                “Greatness Through Service”                 Michigan Federation of Teachers
                                                            Rev. Joshua Nicholas Clayton
                                                            Student at South West Christian Academy

      1-15-07   Willie Paulsen                              Mr. William Lucy
                “Making Justice & Equality A Reality”       President of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists


      1-21-08   Myron Freeman                               Dr. Mark Lamont Hill
                “Injustice Everywhere Remains               Professor, Temple University
                A Threat to Justice Everywhere”


      1-19-09   Myron Freeman                               Rev. Kenneth James Flowers
                “A Dream Comes Closer”                      Pastor, Greater New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit


      1-18-10   Elaine Hardy and Terri L. Taylor            Juanita Abernathy
                “Celebrating the Dream Through              “Foot Soldier” of the Civil Rights Movement
                Unity and Service”


      1-17-11   Elaine Hardy                                Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
                “The Legacy Lives on Through Action”        Member, U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland’s 7th District

      1-16-12   Elaine Hardy                                Judge Joe Brown
                “I Am a Dreamkeeper”                        Jurist and Community Leader





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