January 11, 2017
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2017 special edition
If Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. were alive today, what do you
think would be his first priority?
‘His main thing would
be equal Civil Rights for
everyone.’
--Mia Foster, Portland
Community College student
‘There are so many things. He
would be working on voting
rights for African Americans,
because they are so targeted
for having their voting rights
taken away.’
--Diana Lease, PCC professor of
International students
c onTinued on P age 16
‘He would be against the
racism, which is a problem
in the United States. But,
he would be very proud
that Barack Obama became
president.’
‘I’d be curious to know
his views on how much
progress we’ve made or
not made. We clearly have
a lot left to do. We gotta do
better, we gotta be better.’
--Eric Nzayiramya, PCC student
from the Democratic Republic of
the Congo
--Martha Pelster,
pharmaceutical worker