50th Anniversary March on Washington

  • 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

    On August 27th hundreds of citizens attended the 2013 Conference on Civil Rights: Marching Forward By Looking Back. The following morning, on August 28, 2013, thousands of citizens, from across this country, converged upon our nation’s capital to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.
    This site provides opportunities for people to share remembrances of and pictures from both marches. Additionally, visitors to this site can get updates on a variety of ongoing civil rights initiatives intended to make Dr. King’s dream a reality.

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Marching Forward: Retracing the Steps

AUGUST 28 MARCH INFO

A National Dialogue

January 15, 2015

MLK National Dialouge

Category: Events

0 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Gun Control or Lose Control… That is the question

  • 08/27/2013
  • Van White
  • · Events

PANEL DISCUSSION | EXECUTIVE

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION

Some second amendment proponents believe that by repealing or recalling gun control legislation, they are protecting the civil rights of every American citizen.  On the other hand, gun control proponents believe that the by allowing our streets to be flooded with guns we are causing, what basically amounts to, genocide to a whole race of young people of color.  Either way you look at it, in a very real way, the controversy on how to handle the proliferation of guns in urban communities, is a civil rights issue.  Our panelist will discuss ways to deal with guns and gun violence.  Among our panelist is Julie Eichorn, national diversity coordinator for moms demand action for gun sense in America.

0 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm GettingThem to the Mountaintop

  • 08/27/2013
  • Van White
  • · Events

PANEL DISCUSSION | HERMITAGE

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION

During the 1960s, religious leaders were the face of the civil rights movement.  What is the role of the church and other religious institutions in the present day civil rights movement?  Do they or can they even be expected to have the influence that they had five decades ago?  We’ve asked three respected religious leaders and theologians (from Detroit, Michigan, Jefferson city, Missouri and Youngstown Ohio) to answer the question – can you still get us to the mountain top?

0 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm State Takeovers: How to fight back

  • 08/27/2013
  • Van White
  • · Events

PANEL DISCUSSION | ASHLAWN

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION

Increasingly, as a result of state takeovers, appointments of financial managers, and mayoral control, urban voters are losing their right to elect their own representatives.  Residents in municipalities and school districts from across this country frequently find themselves victims of “taxation without representation”.  Panelist, whose voting rights are being attack or subverted, discuss how to recognized when such an attack is being planned against your city or school district and what you can do to prevent it and fight back.

0 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Education: Finishing What We Started

  • 08/27/2013
  • Van White
  • · Events

PANEL DISCUSSION | SAGAMORE HILL

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION

Does your district look any more integrated than it was 50 years ago after the brown decision?  Does the fact that children of color consistently score below Caucasian children in standardized tests concern you?  Do black and brown students in your high schools and college drop out in greater percentages than white students? Do students of color in your schools have more limited access to advanced or accelerated courses in your schools?   Are they suspended or punished at greater rates than the white students in your community?  If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, you’ll want to attend this panel discussion.  Three experienced educational leaders (the former superintendent of Chicago public schools; a vice provost from a historically black college; and a professor from Columbia university) will lead a discussion surrounding closing the achievement and opportunity gaps which exist in  secondary and post secondary education.

0 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm They’ve taken it away. Now it’s time that we take it back

  • 08/27/2013
  • Van White
  • · Events

PANEL DISCUSSION | ASHLAWN

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION

More than a half a million people live in the District of Columbia.  They pay their full share of federal taxes; fight and die in the same wars as any other American; and have the same set of civics responsibilities that a resident would in any other state within the United States of America, yet they are denied voting representation in the United States house and the senate.   Come and learn (from the leadership team at D.C. vote) why this issue should matter to you even though you don’t live in our nation’s capital.  Attend this panel discussion and learn what leaders are doing to secure full voting representation in congress for the District of Columbia and how you can support that effort.

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