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Asalaam Alaykum!
Dear Community,Please attend 10 MLK Events that ADAMS is participating or co-sponsoring on Sunday, January 8th – Monday, January 16th.
Please see below and sign up with name, email, and mobile number.
The All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) remembers and honors the sacrifice in the civil rights struggle made by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We pay tribute to the efforts and conviction of Ms. Rosa Parks and her sacrifice for the civil rights movement. We thank all those who worked and continue to work tirelessly to safeguard civil rights
and civil liberties. We pray for Peace, Respect, and Harmony.1) Sunday, January 8th | 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFC) – Multi-Faith MLK Service New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Ave, NW, Washington, DC
– ADAMS Scouts are doing US Flag Ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance 2) Friday, January 13th | 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
MLK Shabbat Dinner Washington Hebrew Congregation – 3935 Macomb Place, Washington DC Join us as we honor Dr. King’s good works and host our partner churches and mosques for dinner at 5:30 PM followed by a special 7:00 pm Shabbat service – ADAMS BEAT Choir will be performing3) Friday, January 13th | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation – 1441 Wiehle Avenue, Reston Join us with Jewish-American songwriter Michael Hunter Ochs and award-winning Muslim Palestinian peace activist/songwriter Alaa Alshaham and Shireinu – our youth choir – for our Erev Shabbat service that will weave their extraordinary story and music into our worship. 4) Saturday, January 14th | 9:00 AM 5) Saturday, January 14th | 8:00 PM 6) Sunday, January 15th | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – Location TBD 7) Sunday, January 15th | 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM 8) Monday, January 16th | 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Leesburg MLK March and Program (details below) – Please note Mon Jan 18th is a National Holiday.
The Leesburg MLK March committee would like to invite you to attend the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration – “Community Power to make a Change and the Courage to create a Just World”
– Scouts and Youth to carry US and International Flags
– ADAMS Representative will be doing a reading 10:00 AM|Line up for the march on the Leesburg courthouse (directions below)
10:30 AM|March to the Douglas Community Center (directions below)
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM|Arrive at Douglas Community Center Reception
12:00 PM|Program begins in the Community Center – Speakers, Music, Performances
1:30 PM|Program concludes
Light refreshments will be served between the March and the Program in the upstairs cafeteria. Leesburg Courthouse – On the corner of Market and King Streets in downtown Leesburg, VAB) Douglas Community Center/Alternative School – 407 E. Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176 Event sponsored by: Loudoun/Douglas Alumni Association, Bluemont Concert Series, Baha’I Community of Loudoun, Loudoun NAACP In addition participation by Loudoun Interfaith Bridges(ADAMS is a Member of Loudoun Interfaith Bridges) and ADAMS 9) Monday, January 16th | 10:00AM – 1:00PM
MLK Day of Service
Washington Hebrew Congregation – 3935 Macomb Place, Washington DC Faith In Action, Repairing The World, Volunteer10) Monday, January 16th | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM A Tribute to Dr. King: Sanctuary, Witness, Covenant National Cathedral – 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016
Dr. King called on faith communities, specifically the church, to be sanctuary for those in need and to demonstrate public witness to injustice. – ADAMS BEAT Choir may be preforming
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