Pioneer in the field of sports civil rights, Dr. Harry Edwards will speak our 26th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration on Saturday, February 22 at Modesto Junior College, East Campus at 7:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. He will meet with students at 4:00 p.m. at the King-Kennedy Memorial Center, 601 S. Martin Luther King, Dr., Modesto. At 5:00 p.m. there will be an open reception there. See p.1.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award will be presented to Frank Ploof by Leng Power for his years of community service to the homeless. Read his story on p. 3.
These events are FREE so the public can attend but our costs are considerable. We depend solely on donations of money or services from our co-sponsors and individuals. Would help us bring Dr. Harry Edwards to our community? Co-sponsoring organizations appear on our event poster (up to press time), placed in businesses, in our printed program for that evening; and in the PowerPoint presentation shown for an hour preceding the program and, of course, in Connections articles about the events.
Please make your tax-deductible check payable to “Modesto Peace/Life Center-MLK,” and send it to Jim Costello, 1849 Richard Way, Ceres, CA 95307-4504. The Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Our tax EIN # is 94-2800825.
Read Tom Portwood’s interview with the head of CASA on p. 1. What is CASA? See his interview to find out.
Don’t forget the MoST Poetry Festival on February 1. Poets Camille Norton and Lee Herrick will lead the Festival.
Past Peace Contest Essay winners reflect on how the contest affected them in their subsequent lives. See pp. 6 and 7. A big Thank you to Dan Onorato for seeking their stories!
Connections needs volunteers to distribute the paper. Email Jim Costello, jcostello@igc.org, if you can help.
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