WHITE PLAINS , NY, April 5, 2011 – On Thursday, May 12, 2011, from 6 to 9 pm, the Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence is celebrating three champions of social justice in Westchester County at Community Unitarian Church, 468 Rosedale Avenue, White Plains NY 10605. The Institute is honoring Dr. Larry H. Spruill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Morehouse College and Westchester County Historian; Rev. Carol Huston, Parish Minister, Community Unitarian Church of White Plains and Susan McPherson, MSW, Director of Adolescent Services, Abbott House and Founder of 1ACCORD (A Collaborative Coalition to Overcome Racial Disproportionality). The cost is $75 per person.

The Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence is a not-for-profit community organization whose purpose is to educate our communities about the relevance of Dr. King's life and philosophies to today's struggles for social justice and racial understanding. This fundraiser will support the group’s programs for the public, such as the Martin Luther King Freedom Library, free and open to the public, with unusual, important books and films for adults and children on subjects such as nonviolence and anti-racism; workshops and discussions for community groups; and a project for youth where we collaborate with law enforcement officers to give young people the chance to talk about the challenges they face in their lives, and develop the leadership skills to work with others to solve them.

For further information, please contact the MLK Institute by phone 914-949-6555 or email: info@mlkwestchester.org.

The RDC Center offers assistance with job searching in today's world: resume writing, interviewing techniques, stress management and more.  At the Counseling Center at Good Counsel Campus, 52 North Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603.  For more info and to register, call Pat Sheridan, RDC, at 798-1103.

A gathering to address the spiritual imperative, economic practicality, and the social consciousness of environmental sustainability, sponsored by The Sisters of the Divine Compassion and in collaboration with the Divine Compassion Spirituality Center, Pace School of Law, and others.  8:30 AM at the Judicial Law Center on the Pace University School of Law Campus at 52 North Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603.  Lunch at Mapleton at Good Counsel.   For info, call Jacq Rossow 914-798-1140.