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Gandhi Foundation and King
Center celebrate Gandhi’s 138th Birth Anniversary on October 5, 2007 The Gandhi Foundation of USA and the King Center are pleased to announce that this year's 138th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi will be observed at Freedom Hall in the King Center at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site on Auburn Street in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, October 5, 2007. The event is free and open to the public. The event will begin with a short Devotional Service at the Gandhi Statue outside of the King Center at 6:30 pm. A life-size, bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was dedicated, installed and inaugurated at the National Historic site on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta on Jan 24, 1998. The regular Program, including the 2007 Gandhi Foundation Awards ceremony will be across the street in Freedom Hall at the King Center, and will begin at 7:15 pm, to be followed by a reception and refreshments. India’s Ambassador to US, H.E. Ronen Sen, will deliver the Keynote Address. King Center CEO, Isaac Farris will preside the Tribute to Gandhi and King in company of prominent leaders of USA. Congressman John Lewis and Ambassador Andrew Young have also been invited. The Gandhi Foundation Humanitarian Service Awards will be presented to Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati of the Kashi Foundation, and to the major humanitarian organization, CARE. This year’s observance is particularly special because the United Nations have declared the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi to be the annual International Day of Non-Violence. Our Program this year is in honor of the late Coretta Scott King, whose inspiration and support made the creation of the Gandhi Foundation USA possible. For directions and parking information, please contact the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site at 404-331-5190. For additional information, please contact Giriraj Rao at 770-993-5363 or Antony Thaliath at 770-923-8866 or Subash Razdan at 770-333-9781 |
Gandhi Foundation to Present
the 2007 GFUSA Humanitarian Service Award To CARE and Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The Gandhi Foundation will present two GFUSA Humanitarian Service Awards this year at the 138th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi which will be observed at Freedom Hall in the King Center at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site on Auburn Street in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, October 5, 2007. The event is free and open to the public. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati of the Kashi Foundation will be honored for her lifetime of service to those in need, whether hungry and homeless or dying of AIDS, both through direct ministrations and through her establishment of the Kashi Foundation, functioning across the nation in Urban Ashrams, including here in Atlanta, where many hundres of “street meals” are distributed weekly. And for her leadership in promoting peace, tolerance, interfaith dialogue and service to humanity. CARE, the well known international humanitarian organization, will be honored for their many year’s of service to the poorest communities in the world in by promoting innovative solutions to global poverty and for facilitating lasting change by strengthening capacity for self-help, providing economic opportunity, delivery relief in emergencies, influencing policy decisions at all levels and addressing discrimination in all its forms. A a short Devotional Service will begin the program at the Gandhi Statue outside of the King Center at 6:30 pm. A life-size, bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was dedicated, installed and inaugurated at the National Historic site on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta on Jan 24, 1998. This will be followed by a short Peace March across Auburn Avenue to Freedom Hall for main program and will begin at 7:15 pm, to be followed by a reception and refreshments. For directions and parking information, please contact the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site at 404-331-5190. For additional information, please contact Giriraj Rao at 770-993-5363 or Antony Thaliath at 770-923-8866 or Subash Razdan at 770-333-9781 |
