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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:xx-large">Martin Luther King Occupied:</span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:xx-large">A Special Community Gathering for MLK Day at Occupy Boston </span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large">hosted by the People of Color Working Group</span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:14px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-repeat:initial initial">
On<strong style="background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:14px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-repeat:initial initial"> Monday, January 16, 2012 at 6:00 PM</strong>, the Occupy Boston People of Color Working Group will host Occupy Boston’s weekly Community Gathering at Arlington St. Church, 351 Bolyston Street in Boston. This MLK Day gathering will encourage participants to think about what Occupy Boston and the public can learn from the ideas, campaigns, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</p>
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<a href="http://www.occupyboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MARTIN-LUTHER-KING-FLYER-FINAL.jpg" style="background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:14px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(204,0,0);text-decoration:underline;background-repeat:initial initial"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-4430" title="MARTIN LUTHER KING FLYER" src="http://www.occupyboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MARTIN-LUTHER-KING-FLYER-FINAL-791x1024.jpg" alt="MARTIN LUTHER KING FLYER FINAL 791x1024 Martin Luther King Occupied: An Occupy Boston Community Gathering to Explore the Radical Legacy of Dr. King " width="791" height="999" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></a><br>
<em style="background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:14px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-repeat:initial initial">“People of Color are disproportionately affected by the rule of the top 1%, in everything from housing, jobs, education, health, and prison incarceration,” said Brian Kwoba, an organizer of the event and a member of the People of Color Working Group of Occupy Boston.  “That is why issues of race and racism must be taken seriously by the Occupy movement. The People of Color Working Group is excited to be hosting a community gathering on MLK Day to project more of our culture, our voices, and our stories into the forefront of the movement.”</em></p>
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Speakers include, Kwame Somburu, who helped to organize mass protests in the 1960’s and Harlem’s Freedom Now Party. The gathering will also feature a reading of excerpts from MLK’s beyond Vietnam speech, musical performances from Earthdrum Council, a presentation on the State of the Dream from by United for a Fair Economy, slam poets, a teach in on the 3-Strikes Bill, and a ‘fishbowl’ discussion with People of Color from Occupy Boston, and the Optimus of the Foundation Movement.</p>
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Occupy Boston’s Community Gatherings are held every Monday evening and are open to the public. The intention of these Community Gatherings is to build and strengthen the Occupy Boston community through ongoing dialogues, presentations, workshops, and facilitated conversations, in order to build a resilient, widespread and inclusive social movement.</p>
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This event is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information about this event, please email <a href="mailto:bdubkwob@gmail.com">bdubkwob@gmail.com</a> or visit <a href="http://www.occupyboston.org/2012/01/14/" target="_blank" style="background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:14px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(204,0,0);text-decoration:underline;background-repeat:initial initial">http://www.occupyboston.org</a></p>
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