In grade school I won a writing award. And I played basketball. I imagined going pro in both. ;-)
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In grade school I won a writing award. And I played basketball. I imagined going pro in both. ;-)
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On this day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s words ring with a nuance we have deeper context to understand.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Reading his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" I find cogent articulations I have seen in articles and social media posts from the past year.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Listen to MLK Jr. read this letter here:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
i8s.us/MLKjr_audio⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Read the letter here:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
i8s.us/MLKjr_letter⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A few quotes that took on deeper meaning in this moment:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"IN ANY nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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"Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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How might we 'listen' more deeply to MLK Jr. on this day and to those who carry on his message today...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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