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Davis Diversity Events
Welcome to the Davis Diversity Events website.
This site was created in coordination with the newly appointed City
of Davis Human Relations Commission, to provide information
about local events that promote understanding and cohesiveness for our
vibrant and diverse Davis community.
The first 2007 event we are highlighting is the city-wide Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Please browse the site for more information about that event, and return often for information we will be posting about future events.
A Day of Service & Celebration - January 15, 2007
The National Day of Service Project
On January 15, 2007, as we celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country will remember and memorialize Dr. King by participating in service projects in their communities. Together, they will honor King’s legacy of tolerance, peace, and equality by meeting community needs and making the holiday... “A day ON, not a day OFF”. In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act, designating the King Holiday as a national day of volunteer service and community celebration.
For more information about this national program link here.
Local Davis “MLK Jr. Art Show” – a call for entries!
The City of Davis Human Relations Commission and the Davis Diversity Events Project would like to invite all elementary, junior and high school students to participate in the first annual Davis Martin Luther King Jr. Art Show. Art work should reflect the vision of Martin Luther King Jr.
All artwork submitted will be presented at the Varsity Theater in downtown Davis during the city-wide celebration Monday, January 15, 2007. Please join your community in making the King Holiday a day of celebration and service by creating some art to share that depicts an issue that is important to you!
Directions for Art Show Entries:
- Deadline for all entries is Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 5:00pm.
- Each entry must be clearly labeled on the back on the entry, listing student’s age, school, grade level, teacher, and telephone number.
- Drawing area should be 8.5 X 11 inches wide.
- Entries should be submitted to the City Manager’s Office, 23 Russell Blvd., Davis, CA 95616.
City of Davis Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
Events Schedule
Join us for a diverse program of songs, remarks, a video and Freedom
March supporting Rev. King's dream of a nonviolent society of people
living together in peace. Families are invited.
The free program beginning at noon at the Varsity Theater 616 Second St. in downtown Davis will include:
- Speakers Sandy Holman from the Culture C.O.O.P. in Davis and former UCD Police Chief Calvin Handy;
- Musicians Richard Urbino and Rene Martucci of Cold Shot;
- Artwork from Davis school children will be on display.
- Freedom March will follow the program at approximately 1:15PM .
Please check back to this website after the event, for photos of the MLK Jr. Art Show and descriptions and images from the other events from the January 15th Davis city-wide celebration.
Questions? Contact the Davis City Manager’s Office at (530)757-5602 or Bob Bowen at 757-5691 or email to: bbowen@ci.davis.ca.us