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·         (Jan. 18) MLK March & Rally

·         (Jan. 29) FW: Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day

·         (Feb. 4) FW: Race and Religion: Is Islamophobia racist?

·         (Feb. 6) FW: Hallowed Ground: African American Sacred Places & Memories

·         FW: We need Dr. King's lessons today.

·         FW: My MLK speech in 2015

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From: David K. Greer [mailto:dkgreer@ameritech.net]
Subject: MLK March & Rally - Monday January 18, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr. March & Rally

Monday, January 18, 10:00 am

Join the regional community as we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and all the brave women and men who fought and died for Civil Rights, and those who still continue in the struggle.

Assemble for the March @ 10:00 am at the Charles R. Drew Health Center on 1323 West Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (also known as West 3rd Street) with pre-march entertainment and speakers. The March starts at 10:30 and proceeds along West Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way/West 3rd Street, then turns onto Main Street downtown to end at the Convention Center where the Rally takes place @ 11:00. Rides provided back to your car following rally.

Those who don't want to march the entire 1.7 miles (35 minutes) to the Convention Center can join the March at the Peace Bridge (1.1 mile, 22minutes) or at Sinclair Community College (.6 mile,11minutes) or at 3rd & Main.

Also, school supplies will be collected at the Drew Health Center and at the Convention Center, heading up by Sister Brenda Barrow, so bring what you can. More MLK events & information at: http://mlkdayton.org/events.html.

When:   Mon Jan 18, 2016 10am – 1pm Eastern Time
Where: Charles R. Drew Health Center on 1323 West Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (also known as West 3rd Street)

 

 

From: NCCJ of Greater Dayton
Subject: We need Dr. King's lessons today.

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

We need Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, more than ever before.  It seems like our nation has descended into more anger, more intolerance and more divisiveness than we have witnessed in decades.  

- We are a nation built by immigrants yet we hear calls to deport millions who live here.  Many people even advocate turning away Syrian refugees in their time of crisis.

- Racism is a bigger problem than in recent decades. Conflict between police and the minority community is commonplace.

- The backlash against marriage equality threatens progress for the LGBT community and their allies.

- Violence, whether with guns or with words, seems to be the new norm.

We need the words of Dr. King to remind us that we are all in this together and "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." We need the example of his life to remind us that each and every one of us can, and must, raise our voice to speak out against injustice. "Everybody can be great because anyone can serve. You only need a heart.

At NCCJ, we strive to live up to his example everyday, by teaching young people to speak up for themselves and others, by helping business leaders understand how to embrace diversity and by supporting immigrants and refugees in our community.

Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of Dr. King by participating in the march on Monday morning or participating in other events in the community.  See details at nccjgreaterdayton.org

Most importantly, join us every day  as we echo the goals of

Dr. King in our mission to build a community dedicated to eliminating bias, bigotry and all forms of discrimination. 

Listen to his  "I have a dream" speech:



Please forward this to anyone you know who supports diversity! 

Thank you! 

 

 

From: Jackson, Verletta
Subject: Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day

Join us for EITC Awareness Day, January 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

Each year, IRS joins partners nationwide to launch the EITC Awareness Day outreach campaign to ensure that millions of low-and moderate-income workers get the credit they deserve and get it right. We are inviting each of you to join a national grassroots effort on EITC Awareness Day to spotlight EITC.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 937-333-3288 or via email at Verletta.Jackson@cityofdayton.org.

 

 

From: Marium Husain
Subject: Race and Religion: Is Islamophobia racist?

 

 

From: Omope Daboiku

Subject: Hallowed Ground: African American Sacred Places & Memories

 

 

From: Donald Nguyen, MD, FAAP, Ohio State Co-Director for Doctors for America
Subject: My MLK speech in 2015

This coming Monday, we will celebrate again the legacy of Dr. King and once more, Doctors for America will march downtown Dayton over the Peace Bridge to the Convention Center proudly under the DFA banner. We will gather on Monday Jan 18th at 9:30 - 10:00 AM near Dr. Charles Drew Health Center, 1323 W. 3rd St. (park in the health center parking lot or around the neighborhood) with the parade starting at 10:30 AM. Please bring school supplies to donate and there will be entertainment and speakers. WILL YOU JOIN DOCTORS FOR AMERICA ON THE MLK MARCH AGAIN? SEE YOU ON 3RD STREET! Again, at the end of the march, we will have 2 tables inside the Convention Center where Doctors for America will team up with Enroll America, Organizing for Action (Thank you, Martha!), and others to reach out and enroll as many folks as possible so that more Americans can deservedly receive health care when they need it.

Last year, I was honored to be invited to speak at the rally at the end of the march at the Dayton Convention Center and I want to share my speech with you here, so enjoy!

Jan. 19, 2015

Good morning, Mayor Whaley, Mr. Whitmore, members of the Board at MKL Dayton, leaders of the Dayton community:

Among all the profound and deeply extraordinary quotes that Dr. King made in his lifetime, he made one of the most poignant and pertinent statements in a speech at the Human Rights Committee on Health Care meeting in Chicago in 1966. He was not a certified medical doctor, trained in curing diseases, nor was he a health care provider, but he knew the truth and reality of how health care was delivered during the years of the civil rights battle. He said "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman."

You thought that drinking out of the same water fountain, using the same bathroom, being able to sit at the same diner counter, having the right to vote or just to register to vote were important, Dr. King saw another threat in the fights for equality. It was the battle of getting health care when you were black, when there were different hospital wings for whites and blacks, how blacks had to wait for all the white patients in an emergency room to be seen before black patients could be seen. Forget about the back of the bus, black patients had to be in the back of the ER, or in the back yard or parking lot of the hospital. The health care for blacks often was sub par and the resources were lacking.

Dr. King must have known that if you were black and had prostate cancer or any cancer, you were more likely to die than any other patient. If you were black and has diabetes, you were more likely to die than white patients. And that was true for so many medical conditions among blacks compared to whites. HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER!

Dr. King, in his infinite wisdom, knew that one of the biggest battles had to be the elimination of health care disparity among different races. I don't know if President Obama was channeling Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Or not, but by golly, he realized the same thing and so in his first year in the White House the Affordable Care Act was conceived and became reality with many of parts in the law indeed dedicated to leveling the playing field and to eliminate health disparities among the racial lines, like implementing preventative care with cancer screening for prostate, colon, gynecological and breast cancers, for AIDS screening, for hepatitis screening and vaccination and so much much more.

If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Was alive today, and I told him that 10 million more Americans got health insurance coverage since last year because of the Affordable Care Act, you know what he would have said? GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH!

Dr. King, more Americans today have health care and the number of uninsured Americans is the lowest since 2008, thanks to the ACA! HALLELUJAH!

Dr. King, millions of Americans with pre-existing existing conditions like cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, AIDS, and all kinds of medical conditions are no longer discriminated against when they try to get health coverage because of the Affordable Care Act, HALLELUJAH

Dr. King, Medicaid expansion happened and millions of Americans got health coverage including millions of working poor who got a helping hand and now they can go see a doctor when they are sick so they don't have to feel ashamed that they didn't have insurance, HALLELUJAH!

But Dr. King, Medicaid Expansion happened in some states, but many more states especially in the south still don't have it because some these Governors don't see that same way as you do, like your own state of Georgia where you were born!
WTH! Yeah, Dr King knows how to text up there too, in heaven, there is social media up there too, you know...

And Dr. King, there are some people who want to take away this law, to repeal the many ways that this law intends to help so many hard working poor!
What the...

So, if we are going to live and breathe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, then we have to fight, to defend, to protect this law, to get health coverage, and we are here to help you, Doctors for America, Enroll America, etc are back there at the tables over there with important information, information that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say when he sees it, Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Thank you, let's get enrolled!

 

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