16th Annual Ceremony to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. is Today in the Town Hall Large Conference Room
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- Category: First Selectman
- Last Updated on Monday, 16 January 2012 08:57
- Written by Press Release from Town of Ridgefield, First Selectman's Office
The 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative celebration will be held in the lower level large conference room of Ridgefield Town Hall on Monday, January 16th from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The town ceremony is open to the public, and will include remarks by First Selectman Rudy Marconi and others.
“The Town looks forward to the celebration of the King Holiday. The King Holiday serves as a focal point for establishing and maintaining community service involving millions of Americans throughout the year to address critical social problems of this nation and to help improve the quality of life for humankind,” said Mark Robinson, ceremony organizer and member of the state’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission.
The program will open with welcoming remarks from First Selectman Rudy Marconi and will include remarks in remembrance of Dr. King by Ridgefield Clergy representatives as well as ceremony organizer and former ROUND Chairman Mark Robinson.
Sixteenth Anniversary
This year marks the 16th anniversary of Ridgefield’s Martin Luther King Day ceremonies. Begun in 1997 as one of several community activities and initiatives organized and sponsored by ROUND (Ridgefielders Organized for UNderstanding and Diversity), the MLK celebration has become an enduring and highly regarded tradition in Ridgefield. When Rudy Marconi took office as First Selectman in 1999, he became Ridgefield’s first elected official to formally participate and has been a co-organizer of the event ever since.
Ridgefield Honoree
This will be the ninth year that Ridgefield’s Martin Luther King Day celebration includes the presentation of a special recognition award. The annual Spirit of Dr. King, Ridgefield Community Service Award, will be presented to a member of the Town who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to community service and selflessness in the finest traditions of Dr. Martin Luther King. This annual tradition honors the memory of Dr. King and celebrates how that memory lives on in the good works of Ridgefielders today.
Ridgefield’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebration was established in 1997 by ROUND (Ridgefielders Organized for UNderstanding and Diversity) to ensure that the spirit with which Dr. King lived and the struggles for which he died are remembered and live on in the hearts and minds of our community.
