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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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local community leaders from a broad array of back-
grounds and areas of expertise.
The celebration begins at 11 a.m., with doors open-
ing at 10 a.m., Jan. 15, 2018,
in the Greater Tacoma Con-
vention Center, at 1500 Com-
merce St. Attendees are en-
couraged to bring donations
of nonperishable food items
for the MLK Food Drive. The
drive is especially in need of
peanut butter and pop-top
canned meat donations.
The Race and Pedagogy In-
stitute and its Community
Dexter Gordon
Partners Forum aim to edu-
cate students and teachers at all levels to think crit-
ically about race, and to work toward transforming
society and eliminating racism. It will hold its 2018
Race & Pedagogy National Conference on campus
Sept. 27–29.
For more information about the celebration and
the nomination process visit: cityoftacoma.org/mlk,
email mlk@cityoftacoma.org, or call (253) 573-2523.
WSU Vancouver Hosts Jan. 15
Lecture on King’s Legacy
The public is invited to Washington State Universi-
ty Vancouver on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to par-
ticipate in “Reclaiming Our King: The Radical Legacy
of Martin Luther King Jr.” The event will take place
from noon -- 2 p.m. Jan. 15 in the Firstenburg Student
Commons. This free event includes lunch.
Guests will be invited to participate in a communi-
ty reading of King’s anti-imperialist speech “Beyond
Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” delivered April 4,
1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City.
A member from Anakbayan Portland will present
about the organization’s “Take Back our Education”
platform and Black/Filipino solidarity. Anakbayan
Portland aims to unite Filipino youth of all back-
grounds to achieve genuine freedom and democracy
in the Philippines.
The event will conclude with a keynote address,
“Kent Ford, Elder Street Fightin’ Statesman.” Ford is
a founding member of the Portland Chapter of the
Black Panther Party — Portland Panthers. In 1969
he and other Portland Panthers helped organize a
free breakfast program at the Highland Community
Church of Christ that fed up to 125 children and the
Fred Hampton Memorial People’s Health Clinic that
extended free medical care five evenings a week.
Bellevue Hosts Crossroads Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
and Health Fair
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
and Health Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at Crossroads Shopping Center, 15600 NE 8th Street,
Bellevue.
This popular event offers inspiring talks by guest
speakers and community leaders, live entertainment
and performances which honor Dr. King’s work. Vis-
itors will also have the opportunity to donate blood,
receive free health screenings and explore a variety
of health-related community resources at the concur-
rent MLK Health Fair. This event is sponsored by the
Bellevue Alumni Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Crossroads Bellevue, and The City of Bellev-
ue.
For additional information or accommodation
requests, contact Mark Manuel at 425-452-7886 or
mmanuel@bellevuewa.gov Communication Access
Real Time Transcription (CART) will be provided.
Eddie Moore Speaks at Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration at
University of Puget Sound Jan. 16
Eddie Moore, Jr, national educator on diversity,
founder of the White Privilege Conference, and
co-editor of books including Everyday White People
Confront Racial and Social Justice: 15 Stories, will
speak at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at
University of Puget Sound.
The event will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 16
in Kilworth Memorial Chapel. Moore will give a talk
titled “Dr. Martin Luther King: Why Keep Dream-
ing?” He will address King’s inspiring words, “We
cannot turn back,” and discuss King’s view that we
cannot rest while injustice and inequality permeate
the country.
The evening will include short remarks from Uni-
versity of Puget Sound President Isiaah Crawford,
Black Student Union President Nia Henderson ’20,
and student body president Amanda Díaz ’18. The
Keep Living the Dream Award, honoring campus
members who embody King’s legacy, will be awarded.
Eddie Moore knows well what it is like to be in the
hot seat as America simmers in a political culture of
seemingly irreconcilable factions. The White Privi-
lege Conference that he created 18 years ago in order
to create “a space for tough conversations” has drawn
national attention. But it also has been attacked on so-
cial media and in the press by critics on several sides
of the diversity issue. So when Moore asks for “cour-
age” from those who want to support efforts to fight
racism, he knows the magnitude of the request he is
making.
The scholar and activist
speaks openly about his fears
for the future, stemming
from the actions of those em-
bracing white nationalism
and defending hate speech
as free speech. He told racial
justice writer Debby Irving
that he expects increasing
disparities in the decade
ahead.
Eddie Moore
Eddie Moore is a highly re-
garded speaker and educator, and the founder and
program director of the White Privilege Conference,
which aims to move people beyond dialogue and into
action on issues of diversity, power, privilege, and
leadership. He is co-founder of the journal Under-
standing and Dismantling Privilege, and co-editor
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