TRAVELED TO STOKES
FOR A PROGRAM
FOCUSED ON FAITH.
THE INTERFAITH
CLERGY OF PITT AND
MARTIN COUNTIES
HOSTED THE EVENT....
...ATTENDED BY 9-ON-
YOUR-SIDE'S AARON
DEANE.
HE JOINS US LIVE IN
THE STUDIO.
AARON...A DIVERSE
CROWD THIS
AFTERNOON...
MEMBERS OF
DIFFERENT FAITHS,
POLITICAL PARTIES AND
RACIAL BACKGROUNDS....
...ALL CAME TOGETHER
FOR ONE
THING...FELLOWSHIP IN
HONOR OF DR.
KING'S LIFE AND
MISSION..
00:29
00:50
1:07
"Inspired, motivated, and
committed." PEOPLE IN
PITT AND MARTIN
COUNTY ARE EXCITED...
"Moved, powerful, and
courageous." ...ABOUT THE
LIFE AND WORK OF THE
LATE REV.
DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR.
MONDAY THE INTERFAITH
CLERGY OF PITT AND
MARTIN COUNTIES HELD
THEIR ANNUAL MLK DAY
CELBRATION.
PEOPLE FROM ALL
DIFFERENT FAITH
BACKGROUNDS COMING
TOGETHER CELEBRATING
DR.
KINGS VISION OF
JUSTICE, PEACE, AND
PROSPERITY.
00:29 "And he would often
say I've seen the mountain
top.
So he saw what it was that
God had assigned him to
do." DR.
KING'S VISION IS ALIVE...
IN PAULA DANCE.
SHE'S PITT COUNTY'S
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
SHERIFF.
IN FACT, SHE'S NORTH
CAROLINA'S FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WOMAN TO SERVE AS
SHERIFF.
HIS VISION ...INSPIRING
HERS
00:50 "It is my hope that as
our youth and young
people...girls, African
American children to look out
at me and know that they
can because I did.
So it's very important for me
that my outreach touches
them because they are our
future." GIRLS LIKE ELAINE
EDMONSTON WHO'S
WORKING TO BE A
CHANGE MAKER IN HER
COMMUNITY.
1:07 "Dr.
King is an example of how
we can all be better how I
can do better as well.
Using my privilege today to
lead as an example for
others and to use that to do
better in my community."
FAITH AND THE CHURCH
PLAYED A MAJOR ROLL IN
DR.
KINGS DREAM AND IN THE
CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT.
"The church is an essential,
not only as an organization
but organism because it has
life in the community." DR.
KINGS LIFE IS ONE TO
CELEBRATE AND LEARN
FROM...
"I've learned it's not easy.
Sometimes hard but it's the
hard work that pays off, the
passion, the courage that
you put into being an
example that makes
moments like today the
proudest moments of my
life."
THIS YEARS GUEST
SPEAKER WAS BISHOP
ROSIE-S-O'NEAL.
SENIOR PASTOR OF
KOINONIA CHRISTIAN
CENTER CHURCH IN
GREENVILLE.
IN THE STUDIO AARON
DEANE 9 ON YOUR SIDE
IN UPTOWN
GREENVILLE...A
PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED
