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SPELMA N X>N- c C^p m THE VOICE OF BLACK WOMANHOOD SPO TLIGHT VOL. L NO. 4 ATLANTA, GA. JANUARY 1977 ‘A New Order for a New Age’ MLK Celebration To Be Held Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AUC Joins Program Dream Still Alive By Amanda Seward Activities for the Ninth An nual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration are set to start on January 13, culminat ing on Dr. King’s birthday, January 15. Activities include workshops, a labor / management leadership breakfast, march for full em ployment, an ecumenical service, the dedication of Dr. King’s permanent en tombment, a benefit concert, and an annual meeting with the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King,Jr. Center for Social Change. The workshops will embody the relationship of full em ployment to quality education, criminal justice, adequate health care, and decent housing. The Center is calling for jobs and justice. The theme of the celebration will be “A New Order For a New Age.” Mr. Leon Hall, manager of the January 15 program explained, “The election of Jimmy Carter is part of the new order. The Center’s purpose is to keep the pressure on solving the unresolved problems during the bicenten nial era, 1976-89.” Volunteers are needed to marshal the march, host visitors, and to perform general office duties. Students are encouraged to participate, urged Mr. Hall. Anyone interested should call the Martin Luther King Jr. Center of Social Change at 524-1956. Last year more than 5,000 AU Center students participated in the program said Rev. Byron Long, King Center staff member. Freda Continued on page 7 The annual celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will feature activities spanning for days, January 13-16, around the theme “A New Order for a New Age.” The ninth annual meet ing of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change salutes the Bicentennial Era, 1976-89, by calling attentionto America’s challenge to fulfill Dr. King’s dream through “A Renaissance for America” with the priority of full em ployment, jobs and justice, be ing the hallmark of the new order. On January 13, an all-day Full Employment Conference will be held, beginning at 9:00 A.M. at the Ebenezer Church. The conference will address itself to the relationship between full employment and housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and the arts. Position papers will be presented by six leading spokesmen in various areas. The workshops and deliberations following these . presentations will serve as the basis for an “Agenda for the Nation” focusing on these critical problems int he area of social change. Among the participants will be Represen tative Augustus Hawkins, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Delores Tucker, Dr. Leon Keyserling, Mr. Ossie Davis, Mr. Murray Finley, and Mrs. Coretta Scott King. On Friday, January 14, at 8:00 a.m. in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, the second annual Labor / Management Awards Break fast will be held, the purpose of which is to bring labor and management together to try to find ways in which both groups can contribute most effectively to the development of a full employment economy. Receiving awards this year will be Mr. A. Philip Randolph and Mr. Leonard Woodcock for labor, and Mr. Henry Ford II and Mrs. Freddye Henderson for management. Speakers at the breakfast will include Mr. Leonard Woodcock Congressman Andrew Young, and Mr. Ivan Allen, Jr. Follow ing the breakfast will be a dis cussion period which will in turn be followed by a press conference. The afternoon of January 14 will be given to the annual meeting of the Board of Direc tors of the King Center. At 8:00 P.M. Friday evening, the Com munity Rally will be held in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, with The Honorable Coleman Young, Mayor of Detroit, as the main speaker. Also speaking will be Mr. Marc Stepp, President of the United Auto Workers. Each year awards are presented at the Community Rally to persons in the Atlanta community who have been ac tively involved in bringing about social change in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. This year the awards will go to individuals representing institutions which have made significant contributions to the betterment of Atlanta. On Saturday, January 15, the traditional Ecumenical Service will be held from 10:00 A.M. until noon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. This event, the heart of the celebration, will be addressed by Senator Edward Kennedy. Other participants will include The Honorable Maynard Jackson, Congressman An drew Young, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Mr. Bert Lance, Mr. Ros- coe Lee Brown, Atlanta Symphony Conductor Robert Shaw, Mrs. Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women, Concert Artist Mattiwilda Dobbs, Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., Mr. Dexter King, and Mrs. Coretta Scott King. The permanent entombment of Dr. King and the Interfaith Peach Chapel will be dedicated following the service, with members of the family and persons in attendance at the Ecumenical Service participating. The March for Full Em ployment, scheduled for noon on Saturday, will follow the same route as the march last year, proceeding from the crypt area to the area in front of the Federal Reserve Bank in downtown Atlanta. Con cluding Saturday’s events will be the annual benefit for the Center’s programs. On Sunday afternoon, January 16, “Martin Luther King Sunday,” there will be an interfaith service at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church at 5:00 P.M. Principal speaker will be Federal Communications Commissioner, now Executive Director-designate of the N.A.A.C.P., Benjamin L. Hooks. Choirs from various churches throughout Atlanta will provide music for the oc casion, the culminating event of the 1977 celebration of Dr. King’s birthday. Tax Tips For 1976 Good news from the Internal Revenue Service for taxpayers who pay for child or disabled dependent care: rules for claiming these expenses have been liberalized starting with the 1976 tax year. Five changes made by the Tax Reform Act of 1976 will enable more people to claim child and disabled dependent care costs on their 1976 returns. The changes are: (1) Expenses now are claimed as a tax credit rather than as an itemized deduction. Now those who take the stan dard deduction, as well as those who itemize, will be able to claim child care costs. Continued on page 7