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Judith Collins
“Our Ancestors Will Not Be Forgotten”
Greetings from Uganda!
My name is Angela Bukenya, a Clinton School of Public Service graduate student. I was born and raised in Uganda, but currently residing in the USA.
In addition to the skills i have gained as a student, i have been working to raise funds to assist the Nakisenyi Foundation Nursery and Boarding School in Uganda, based on a needs assessment, to help improve their education. Of immediate need for 254 students, is textbooks that they can use for the entire year that will cost less than $10 each.
I am therefore asking everyone with the same passion, to join me in accomplishing this goal through a donation of any amount.
If you can please be a part of my personal project, together we shall make a difference in the lives of these young ones. Thank you in advance!
Bayard Rustin with Martin Luther King, Jr.
in 1956 (Credit: Associated Press)
In February 1956, when Bayard Rustin arrived in Montgomery to assist with the nascent bus boycott, Martin Luther King, Jr. had not personally embraced nonviolence. In fact, there were guns inside King’s house, and armed guards posted at his doors. Rustin persuaded boycott leaders to adopt complete nonviolence, teaching them Gandhian nonviolent direct protest.
From the page ABOUT BAYARD RUSTIN at the website for the documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. http://rustin.org/ A clip from the film is available as well as to a link to NETFLIX where the film is available for streaming.
For more on Bayard Rustin visit his page All the King’s Men Bayard Rustin .
Directed by Ira Gardner
Sitting Between Two Chairs tells the story of world renowned Russian photojournalist Leonid Bergoltsev, who documented the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War and is now living in America without possibility of returning to his homeland. His work is often compared to Henri Cartier-Bresson, with whom he was acquainted, and he was published in Life Magazine in 1972 Mr. Bergoltsev offers testimony to the possibility that the photography of the Soviet Era just might be more truthful than the imagery seen in contemporary American media.
He is a man stuck between two cultures who makes interesting comparisons between film and digital photography and Communism and Capitalism with wit, passion, and conviction.
Ira Gardner
Dear Friends:
I have the honor of one of my video projects being shown at this year’s film festival at the Magic Lantern Theater on Sunday February 10th at 4:15pm. It is a short video about Leonid Bergoltsev who is a phenomenal photojournalist from Moscow who happens to live here in Spokane. I would love to have you all attend. The theater only holds 100 seats and there is only one showing planned so if you are interested in attending I highly recommend you go to this website and purchase a ticket asap.
http://spokanefilmfestival.org/schedule?v=single&f=93
Hope to see you there!
Ira
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When we remember Dr. King and The Dream, we need to also remember the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement – those who organized the marches and the rallies, those who knocked on the doors, those who taught the workshops on non-violence, those who rode the Freedom Buses, those who were beaten and filled the jails, those who wrote, sang and taught the freedom songs. These men and women provided the momentum of the movement and carried on after Dr. King’s death.
All The King’s Men: Bennie Lucion
See photos from the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2013.
When we remember Dr. King and The Dream, we need to also remember the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement – those who organized the marches and the rallies, those who knocked on the doors, those who taught the workshops on non-violence, those who rode the Freedom Buses, those who were beaten and filled the jails, those who wrote, sang and taught the freedom songs. These men and women provided the momentum of the movement and carried on after Dr. King’s death.
All The King’s Men: James Orange
See photos from the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2013.
When we remember Dr. King and The Dream, we need to also remember the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement – those who organized the marches and the rallies, those who knocked on the doors, those who taught the workshops on non-violence, those who rode the Freedom Buses, those who were beaten and filled the jails, those who wrote, sang and taught the freedom songs. These men and women provided the momentum of the movement and carried on after Dr. King’s death.
All The King’s Men: Dorothy Tillman
See photos from the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2013.
When we remember Dr. King and The Dream, we need to also remember the foot soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement – those who organized the marches and the rallies, those who knocked on the doors, those who taught the workshops on non-violence, those who rode the Freedom Buses, those who were beaten and filled the jails, those who wrote, sang and taught the freedom songs. These men and women provided the momentum of the movement and carried on after Dr. King’s death.
All The King’s Men: Clarence B Jones
See photos from the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration 2013.
Elder Ezra Kinlow
The Annual Commemorative Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was held last Sunday, January 20, 2013, at the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ. The annual march was held the next day beginning with speeches by political and civic leaders at the Convention Center. The march ended at Riverpark Square with a performance by Michael Moonbear. Many agencies and nongovernmental organizations had information tables.
For photos of both events CLICK HERE.