Martin Luther King

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AFSC in Kansas City reflected on MLK and the U.S. budget debate

By Ira Harritt, program coordinator in Kansas City

“This is America’s opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. The question is whether America will do it.”
~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his last Sunday sermon, Remaining Awake through a Great Revolution  

Dr. King’s question is still before us. We still have the ability to bridge this gulf, even though it has been growing larger and larger, especially in the past 30 years.  

"We Shall Overcome"

Russell Weatherspoon leads the singing of "We Shall Overcome" to conclude the 30th annual Martin Luther King Day Community Celebratin in Manchester, New Hampshire. 

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” 

More than 200 people filled the community center at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester for the 30th annual Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration on January 16, 2012.  Led by “Emcees Extraordinaire” Jackie and Russell Weatherspoon, the Celebration included singing, reflections on the 30 year history of the event, and presentation of awards.

This column by Arnie Alpert was published in the Concord Monitor, January 16, 2012

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