The Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara (MLKSB) will current, for the sixteenth yr, a free program honoring Dr. King and all he stood for on the nationwide Martin Luther King, Jr. vacation, Monday, Jan. 16.
As a result of rain forecast, the deliberate morning program and Unity March up State Road is not going to happen.
“The synergy of this being the 16th annual celebration and that it falls on the 16th day, is one among some provenance after two years within the digital world, 2023 marks the return of the stay occasion,” stated Eo Brown, board president. “We’re very excited to have the ability to share the packages about Dr. King once more with our neighborhood.”
This yr’s theme is pulled from a speech Dr. King made Dr. in 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama, and chosen fastidiously by the MLKSB board:
“Life’s most persistent and pressing query is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Phrases that proceed to resonate and remind us of such an necessary a part of our humanity — serving to others.
The David Gorospe Jazz group will greet neighborhood members within the lobby of the Arlington Theatre. The 90-minute presentation, which begins at 11 a.m. onstage on the theater, contains loca political representatives Mayor Randy Rowse, Congressman Salud Carbajal, and State Sen. Monique Limon.
Keynote speaker is Daina Ramey Berry, the Michael Douglas dean of Humanities and Fantastic Arts at UCSB. Berry will talk about servant management and the influence of Dr. King’s legacy.
Each packages will embrace essays and poems learn in particular person from the highest awardees of the MLKSB Essay and Poetry Awards Program (EPAP).
“It’s hoped the chosen theme — ‘Life’s most persistent and pressing query is, What are you doing for others?’ ” — from a speech by Dr. King will encourage college students to write down about inventive methods to offer assist to others, particularly in occasions of strife,” stated Brown, who’s appearing chair, together with assist from co-chair Toni Schultheis.
Because the group needed to go all-viral, MLKSB thanks Delvis Stoute, program utility developer, who arrange an environment friendly system for submitting entries on-line.
Greater than a dozen essay and poetry items have been chosen by the judges from scholar entries coming from Santa Barbara, Goleta, Isla Vista, Lompoc, the Santa Ynez Valley, Carpinteria, Summerland and Montecito.
Submissions adopted the MLKSB theme with entrants in two age teams, six to 12, and 13 to 18 years outdated. The highest three awardees in every age group obtain a money prize, in addition to alternatives for coaching in public talking, poise, acceptable gown and stage presence.
A number of might also have an opportunity for talking or studying their entries at different public occasions, or on the radio all year long.
All previous awardees are up on the MLKSB web site at https://mlksb.org/what-we-do/essay-poetry-contest/.
Neighborhood members are requested to contemplate donating to the MLKSB Committee to maintain these packages and outreach in place. Go to www.mlksb.org.