The MLK Day Challenge: The challenge is to read Why We Can’t Wait by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day on January 18th.
Why: What’s needed most in the Rogue Valley right now is education on racial issues and what the challenges and solutions are. Why We Can’t Wait describes Dr. King’s organizing in the 60s to confront the segregationists in the South and challenge their complacency and resistance to creating a de-segregated community. Dr. King engages and calls upon churches, politicians and businesses to create alliances to get this work done.
The challenges Dr. King describes in his book are very similar to the challenges we are still facing and the activism Dr. King led still stands as a framework we can follow to create an inclusive community today.
Truly we cannot wait any longer to take a stand against racism.
Why: What’s needed most in the Rogue Valley right now is education on racial issues and what the challenges and solutions are. Why We Can’t Wait describes Dr. King’s organizing in the 60s to confront the segregationists in the South and challenge their complacency and resistance to creating a de-segregated community. Dr. King engages and calls upon churches, politicians and businesses to create alliances to get this work done.
The challenges Dr. King describes in his book are very similar to the challenges we are still facing and the activism Dr. King led still stands as a framework we can follow to create an inclusive community today.
Truly we cannot wait any longer to take a stand against racism.
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