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Speaker 1: be a little different. And again, I know that Doctor
Speaker 1: Martin Luther King Junior Day is already passed. But where
Speaker 1: as last time we did the show, we read I
Speaker 1: believe a letter from a Birmingham jail as the way
Speaker 1: Black History Fact, I wanted to kind of double down
Speaker 1: on that. I'm gonna share a series of posts on
Speaker 1: Bernice King's Instagram. Bernice King is the daughter of doctor
Speaker 1: Martin Luther King, Jr. And she posted something that I
Speaker 1: think really helps us understand what doctor King stood for
Speaker 1: and just gives us a moment, a pause and reflection.
Speaker 1: So bear with me. It's not a traditional, typical way
Speaker 1: Black History fact, but I think it's it's it's as important.
Speaker 1: She posted how to commemorate MLK Day as it coincides
Speaker 1: with Inauguration Day. Again, I know that this has already passed,
Speaker 1: but I'm sharing this anyway, she says. I've read posts
Speaker 1: encouraging people on Mlkday to tune in to King Center's
Speaker 1: MLK Junior Beloved Community Commemorative Service instead of being attentive
Speaker 1: to the inauguration. Do both. I certainly understand the desire
Speaker 1: to tune out rhetoric, ideology, and policies with which we
Speaker 1: passionately disagree and which contradict the spirit of the Beloved Community. However,
Speaker 1: we must pay attention to what President Electrump speaks on
Speaker 1: that day, even if I transcript and video later. We
Speaker 1: cannot develop a love centered strategy for addressing language and
Speaker 1: legislation if we are not also strategic in our listening
Speaker 1: and leadership. This is not the time for ignorance. Earlier
Speaker 1: on Mlkday, she suggests to watch and listen to the
Speaker 1: commemorative service, where they lift our father's life, legacy and
Speaker 1: teachings with a focus on a mission they believe is possible,
Speaker 1: protecting freedom, justice and democracy in the spirit of non violence.
Speaker 1: King in violence. Contrary to common misconceptions about King and
Speaker 1: non violence, it is not passive, and it does not
Speaker 1: cower before injustice and abusive power. It employs six principles
Speaker 1: and six steps to plan for doing the following one
Speaker 1: educate about and eradicate hate and injustice. Without soiling our
Speaker 1: souls by being hateful and unjust. Two expose the root
Speaker 1: issues of the social illsness and sustained humane in humane
Speaker 1: ideology sorry that are causing our collective instruction. Three entwine
Speaker 1: our efforts to change or transform systems and institutions that
Speaker 1: discriminate against and violate people based on race, gender, religion,
Speaker 1: sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, et cetera. Four Engage in creating
Speaker 1: the beloved community around which my mother, credit Scott King
Speaker 1: said quote. The beloved community is a realistic vision of
Speaker 1: an achievable society, one in which problems in conflict exist,
Speaker 1: but a resolve peacefully and without bitterness, and the bloved
Speaker 1: community caring and compassion dry Political part policies that support
Speaker 1: the worldwide elimination of poverty and hunger and all forms
Speaker 1: of bigotry and violence. This may seem inconceivable, but we
Speaker 1: dig into it more. Leading up to and on MCA,
Speaker 1: I believe that if a critical massive people join together
Speaker 1: to move beyond quoting my father to embracing his teachings
Speaker 1: and comprehensive non violent strategy, we can turn our world
Speaker 1: right side up. We can cultivate and protect freedom, justice
Speaker 1: and democracy. And the next month, let's study MLKA. And
Speaker 1: then she links to some of his writings, the Letter
Speaker 1: from a Birmingham Jail which we read last week, which
Speaker 1: you're welcome to go and download at Civic Epper dot com.
Speaker 1: She also wants you to check out his writings where
Speaker 1: do we Go from here, Chaos or Community and the
Speaker 1: Quest for Peace and Justice, the Nobel Peace Prize lecture.
Speaker 1: So you can find out this and more at the
Speaker 1: Kingcenter dot org. And I do want to say that this.
Speaker 1: I understand that that Trump has rolled back civil rights
Speaker 1: protections and so forth and so on, and I do
Speaker 1: understand that their approach is non violence and being fortified
Speaker 1: in this moment, and that might be a lot to reconcile,
Speaker 1: but here we are