2,000 to gather in Chicago’s largest Multi-Racial Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Elected officials pledge to work for income equality & fight corporate power

On Sunday, January 19, 2014, at 2:30 pm, 2,000 people will gather to reclaim Dr. King’s radical vision for economic equality and to launch an attack on corporate power that event organizers say drives America’s extreme income inequality.

“Dr. King had a radical vision that racial equality cannot be achieved without economic equality and that an economy that leaves tens of millions of people of all races struggling to make ends meet must be restructured,” said Rev. Dwight Gardner of Trinity Baptist in Gary, IN, the event’s keynote speaker.

At the gathering, called “Hope in an Age of Crisis: Reclaiming Dr. King’s Radical Vision for Economic Equality,” elected officials will pledge to move legislation that promotes racial income equality at the federal, state and local levels. The event will feature a stirring sermon and music from the Civil Rights Movement.

The event will be held Sunday, January 19, 2014, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 8235 S South Shore Drive, Chicago:

2:30 pm: Music and Registration

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Program

This event is organized by IIRON – a regional grassroots organizing network committed to working for racial and economic equality – and The People’s Lobby – a membership organization that advances progressive legislation, elects progressive candidates, and removes elected officials who serve the interests of the 1%.