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4:00pm	Ceremony to unveil Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative plaque
4:30pm	Press Briefing
7:30pm	Prayer Vigil and Speeches
9:00pm	“Spoken Word on Washington” (Poetry Jam)

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6:30pm to 8pm

Bearing Witness to a Dream Deferred A panel of activists who organized and participated in the historic March on Washington will discuss their hopes and expectations in 1963 and assess the challenges of the continuing struggle for justice in 2003. Facilitator Bernice Johnson Reagon, SNCC field organizer and member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, invited performers on the March program. Panelists Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), one six 1963 March on Washington organizers.  The Honorable Reverend Walter E. Fauntroy was director of the Washington Bureau of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Washington, D.C., Coordinator for the March on Washington. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) was a SNCC field organizer and a member of the National March on Washington staff in New York. Ruth Mae Harris and Charles Nesblett were SNCC field organizers and members of the SNCC Freedom Singers. Comments and Q&A follows.

8pm to 9pm

Songs of Struggle and Freedom The SNCC Freedom Singers - Ruth Mae Harris, Charles Nesblett and Bernice Johnson Reagon -  will perform and lead a "community sing"

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The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts;  
2700 F Street, NW.

Brother Outsider: The Bayard Rustin Story
by Edward Hill

Screening of Brother Outsider - The Life of Bayard Rustin with special guests and post-screening discussion.  Pre-Screening Reception/Cash Bar, 6:00p. - Free and Open to the Public

Bayard Rustin was one of the most prolific figures during the Civil Rights Movement. The documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, explores his life. PBS aired the film in January 2003. "If one gets out and begin to defend ones right and the rights of others, spiritual growth takes place," was his constant battle cry.

One of his most significant contributions was his work as the Coordinator and Executive Director for the 1963 March on Washington. He advised Dr. King and President Johnson. Rustin debated Malcolm X and Kwame Toure. He was openly gay.

Eleanor Holmes Norton questioned it best when she asked, "Why did he remain in the background, why was he the advisor to this, that or the other great person, but never himself coming forward in the full measure of his great talent?" She simply replied, "I think because he recognized that in a world in which homosexuality was roundly condemned, he would be a liability to movements or to those he advised."

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9am to 11am	DC Host Committee Mobilization  Assembling | Marches Begin | Rally / March
	Convene at the site of 1968’s Resurrection City in West Potomac Park: 10am Open Plenary 10:30am to 12n Community Mobilization Teach-In’s. 12:30pm to 2pm Community Mobilization Teach-In’s. 2pm Closing Plenary
3pm	March to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for a commemorative mass rally. A full list of speakers will be announced soon.

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6pm	Opening Plenary Session: Defending Our Victory at the Supreme Court and Mobilizing to Defeat Ward Connerly.

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