Festival coordinator Emmett Boyd said it’s important to commemorate Dr. King’s birth to keep his message alive.
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The SMCC provides monthly events, ceremonies and celebrations in order to help promote cultural diversity and awareness in the CFAS community.
“While we have been distracted, new voting rights restrictions have been created”, she said.
“I am disturbed about the amount of violence that happens in Roanoke, in Virginia and all over the United States”, said Rev. Amy Ziglar, Mount Zion A.M.E Church.
“They learned a little bit about his dream and I wanted them to see all the different people coming out to show support”, said Swinton.
Swinton says the uses the fun parade as a way to open up the conversation about the past and present struggles with race and inequality.
“To make valentine’s day cards for sick people to make them more happy”, said Sydney Willard, a seven year old Girl Scout Brownie.
The town’s annual celebration began at 9 a.m. with a march down Martin Luther King Jr.
“Do not serve because it is MLK Day, try to serve every day because that is what it is all about”, said Radio One promotions assistant Ariana Rogers.
“Martin Luther King is such a big part of the black experience”, said Jennifer Latimore, the Bronzeville Arts Ensemble’s Artistic Associate.
For Jowanna Williams, it was about teaching her children the meaning behind the holiday.
Turner also encouraged the younger people in the audience to think about their own futures.
And in east Reno, volunteers with the American Red Cross spent the day canvassing neighborhoods making sure households all had smoke detectors in them. “It is always a blessing to be a blessing to other people”.
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We’ve come a long way and we still have a long way to go, but by trying to take on each day with the mentality that you’re going to improve someone else’s day, we can continue to make progress.
