PEEKSKILL, NY: The Paramount Center for the Arts was filled to capacity on January 19, for the annual event honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The program was sponsored by the Peekskill Area Pastors' Association (PAPA) in collaobration with local congregations, schools and other groups.

Featured was a youth choir, a performing ensemble from the Yale School of Theatre and an address by the Rev. Michael Walron of the First Corinthian Baptist Church in the Harlem section of Manhattan.

Metropolitan Mykhayil (pictured here), vice president of PAPA offered the concluding remarks for the program. He called upon the assembly to continue the working together, so that the dream of Dr. King of full human rights for all people, may be fulfilled. Over 900 people attended the celebration.