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Vigil: Students vow to uphold King’s dream ■ Continued from Page 1 Ufa's coordinator of *<tu< ational and support «»r «rw. WM also a speaker at the event Carnahan said then* are law* that can cutfc human right* and tu*l*« m. imh a* proportion* that do not grant right* to immigrant* She mad a quota from King to demonstrate King * lag*I philoaophy "It alt boil* down to this: that all Ufa i* intar eonnwclad," she said Carnahan Mid if King war* *till aliva, ha would hava fought any law that w»* un|u*t or unfair She Mid King never tailorad hi* speeches to any on a group lnttaad, he fought for the freedom of e very one “We(.an keep Or King *dream aliva bv staving strong and staving together.” site said Vajra Solar, a representative from Smith Kugene High School. Mtci Kmg * dream ha* yet to be real* t*»d. laying ihere have boon three receni bate ( timm In the Tugene area Three middle tchool and high ehool mmv ton teal winner* wen* *l*o praamtt to Gerlinger Hall One of them. Lilith Lincoln Dinan, an eighth grader at Mfaraon Middle School. mhI there i* a need for continued change a* we prepare for the coming of a new millennium “We ahould not fa** eight of our obligation* and problem*,’ *he *4id *We muit look at ourwlvm far change Nadirah An*an. a *emo» at Smith tiugen* High School, called far action again*! raci«m "Too many of u* chow to be content and mod erate." *he *aid "Too manv of u* do not w* need for change becauw they have not be* aim the vic tim* " Speaker: ‘We’re looking backward at history’ ■ Continued from Page 1 Davis. known internationally for her activism against oppres sion in the United Stales and abroad, is the first African-Amer ican to hold a tenured professor ship in the History of Con sciousness program at the University of California Santa Cruat. She said King's leadership has influenced her life "It is a very special honor for me to take part in this celebration of the life and work and legacies of a man whose leadership ha* challenged racism and systems of inequality, and how l formed my own life and they way I learned to think about the world." she said Davis encouraged people to devise new ways to think about and struggle against racism "I suggest we all think very deeply about what it means, as we approach the nest millennium, to engage in the struggle against racism,” she said She fold the audience to demystify the nostalgia of (he peal tn order lo move forward "We mull flop living vicari ously through political lives uf the past,” she wu) “VVk are hav lug a t nets of our historical itwm ary we're looking backward at history* instead of forward Davis also said people must m> the various way* in whe h rw ism can happen ”Ra< ism is in con nection with sexism and t Uwum and homophobia." she said People on welfare, people of color and homosexual* are all subject to discrimination, Davis said Site said sexism was a com ponent of racism In the civil rights era, although no one real ized it. “We didn't have the concep tual apparatus with which to understand that there was a mas euhne-ness approach to the drug gle against racism,'* she said “Many of us women were out there saying Free the blac k man,’ and of«nurse w* wanted lo f«*e lh« black man. but w* had no way of Haying Free the black woman”* In order to oven out** all kind* of racism. Davit called on people to listen to lit# youth of the coun try 'People In their teens and JlH used to he able to give leadership lo the country Mow it s assumed that a person in her early 20* hot nothing to t«y” Davit said *| think we have a problem " Davis said racism Is alto heing continued through capitalitm Davit, known for her member ship to the Communist Parly U S A , talked about the eco nomic changes following the aftermath of twentieth century capitalitm and the toppling of socialism in Pastern Europe 'Capitalitm hasn't won It was only by default." she said liavis ha* let lured in all 50 stales, as well a* Europe and the former Soviet Union FERMENTER CENTER ‘Your Home for Home Brew Supplies" Larses! Selection in the Valiev ♦January Beer Kit Special Our Award Winning Pilsner $85.95 V >65 E. 17th "f Behind Safeway & Hirons Hours 7am to 11pm Don V be confused... 50c wash All Day Every Day! 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