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50th Anniversary of March On Washington.
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50th Anniversary of March On Washington.
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The size of your harvest depends on how many leaders you have.
--Oscar Miriu, Senior Pastor, Narobi Chapel, Kenya
Have Far Have We Really Come? | 50th Anniversary of the March On Washington
We have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.
--Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), August 28, 2013
The problems that plague our communities are complex and we need everyone working to solve these problems. We cannot delegate this task to just those currently in leadership. If we want to reap a large harvest, we must have a large cadre of prepared and capable leaders. Leaders think critically, they lead by their actions, and they improve their lives and the lives of the people around them. We must also aspire to be good leaders and train our children to be leaders and not just followers.
Fifty years from now, our society will reflect the work and investment of today’s generation. Our current leaders and the leaders that we prepare will determine the size and value of our harvest.
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"We have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr."
--Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), August 28, 2013
Yesterday and this past Saturday, some 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legendary “I Have A Dream” speech, two of his children that he referred to in the speech, together with other civil rights organizations and tens of thousands of individuals celebrated moments in history that helped America to come to grips with words from its 1776 Declaration of Independence,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”[1]
On Saturday, August 24th, Martin King III and his sister, Rev. Bernice King, along with Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network and co-convener of the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington, and a host of other civil rights organizations marched from the Lincoln Memorial to the newly erected Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial to remember and honor what happen on August 28, 1963. (See pictures from the 8/24/13 March On Washington)
Fifty years to the day of the actual 1963 March On Washington, many of the “march veterans” and foot soldiers who had participated in the original march locked arms with college students, and led thousands down the original path to the Lincoln Memorial to hear President Barack Obama, John Lewis and others speak about this watershed moment in the history of the Civil Rights movement. President Barack Obama told...
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Today we remember and honor the sacrifice of those who gave so much to help this nation live up to its creed that "ALL are created equal." As we pause to reflect, we strengthen our resolve to keep contending for freedom and equal opportunity for ALL.
--Nona
