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Woonsocket Martin Luther King Community Committee 2022 Weekend Celebration

 

Woonsocket – The Woonsocket MLK Community Committee celebrates 20 years of service to the community.

 

The theme of the event this year is “Amplifying Voices for Racial Solidarity and Equity.” The theme is intended to inspire the community during a difficult time and to serve as a reminder of both individual and collective responsibility to fight injustices and support one another. In  King’s words, “You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”  

 

Friday Scholarship Banquet:  Lanre Ajakaiye (A Social Entrepreneur) of Providence RI, will be the Keynote Speaker for this event.  All tickets are $35 per person.  Please contact Brenda Figueroa at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 401-400-1812 to purchase tickets or for additional information.

 

Sunday Service (free): 11:00am at St James Baptist Church, 340 S Main St, Woonsocket, RI 02895.  The Rev. Natasha Gordon of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Providence RI will be the guest preacher.

 

Monday Ceremony (free):  10:30am MLK Sculpture Site, Mason Street.  Coffee/Tea and refreshments to follow at   Saint James Baptist Church   Dining Hall.

 

Current and former NBA players and coaches are facing charges in connection with federal investigations into gambling. FBI Director Kash Patel announced investigators uncovered a illegal gambling operation as well as a sports betting rigging scheme. Miami Heat player Terry Rozier and former coach and player Damon Jones are accused of using inside information to make wagers on games, while Portland Trailblazers coach Chauncey Billups was arrested in connection with a poker scheme involving the Italian-American mafia.        President Trump says his administration is working to remove international drug cartels. During a roundtable event on crime at the White House, Trump said he was happy to sign executive orders targeting cartels and noted the recent destruction of narco-terrorist boats in the eastern Pacific. Trump said the cartels are the "ISIS of the west."        Current New York City Mayor Eric Adams is endorsing former governor Andrew Cuomo to succeed him. It comes days before early voting and weeks after Adams dropped his re-election bid, with Cuomo rising in the polls by at least ten percent. The endorsement is an attempt to cut in to Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani's double-digit lead in the polls.        At least half of U.S. states plan to cut off food assistance benefits on November 1st because of the government shutdown. The loss of assistance would affect millions of low-income citizens. Some 25 states are sending out notices to people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that the checks won't be coming next month, including California, Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi and New Jersey.        Alaska Airlines is issuing a full ground stop for all its flights. In a post on X, the airline said the reason for the temporary stop is an IT outage. The airline is urging passengers to check their flight status before heading to the airport.        An Oregon school is investigating after students were mistakenly served pretzels sprinkled with oven cleaner during a sixth-grade lunch on Monday. Authorities say the oven cleaner was mistaken for salt after being crushed and left on a counter. The school contacted the Oregon Poison Control Center for guidance and affected students were instructed to rinse their mouths, eat bland foods, and monitor symptoms for 24 hours.       

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