This year, as we celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we invite you to reflect on our theme: In Community.
A key component of Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolence, was the creation the Beloved Community, a vision for a society where everyone is cared for, and where poverty, hunger and hate are absent. In King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” he stated: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
That sense of community and interconnectedness propelled the civil rights movement in the fight against injustice with a simple idea: We are stronger together. And that eventually led to a major victory for our country with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which celebrated its 60th anniversary July of 2024. King said “Our goal is to create a Beloved Community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.”
We invite you to join us in celebration of King’s legacy and the creation of our own Beloved Community:
In collaboration with Grants Pass Remembrance, Courageous Conversations and Grants Pass High School, the RCC Diversity Programming Board is sponsoring and participating in the following events during the MLK holiday weekend:
- Saturday, Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Grants Pass High School:
- Monday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. at Newman United Methodist Church:
- MLK Day Celebration: Inspiring Evening of Story and Song with a reception to follow sponsored by RCC’s Diversity Programming Board.
- Keynote speaker: Dr. Geneva Craig. Theme: Lead with Love.
We hope to see you!
For more information please contact RCC’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator Lucia Bartscher on Teams or by phone at 541-956-7124.