Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Letter from a Birmingham Jail, January 27, 2018



Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
NUUC, Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation
79 Hiawatha Road, Toronto, Ontario M4L 2X7
416-686-6809

Sunday, January 27th, 2019. Service begins at 10:30




Martin Luther King, Jr. Day recognizes the birth of the civil rights leader who led marches and boycotts for equal rights in the United States. It is celebrated in January. His inspiring words and actions remind Unitarians everywhere to work for racial, economic, and international justice. 

This year the service will highlight Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," published in The Atlantic as "The Negro Is Your Brother" was written in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South. It stands as one of the classic documents of the civil-rights movement. Excerpts from the Letter will be reads in three parts with musical interludes by Susanne Maziarz and the Spirit Band.


Pat Trudeau, Speaker, and her family have been members of NUUC since 2007. She is planning to be ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister in 2019. Currently, she is completing a Masters of Divinity Degree at the University of Toronto, Emmanuel College. Her passion for racial justice is evidenced in her sermons and workshops on becoming allies in anti-oppression.


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