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Pixels For Peace
Creating Community
Move as fast as you can but as slow as you need to
By Jennifer (MLK Freedom Center Student) “Move as fast as you can but as slow as you need to.” Change does not happen overnight it takes disciplined and dedicated individuals for change to occur. Being a lifelong learner means recognizing that being of service to the...
Selma Sun: Middle school student to deliver presentation on
Bernard LaFayette at Selma University
Brahms’ Requiem: Movement 1 Reflection by Alphia Sherif
The night moonlight died Mountains trembled their cedar trees bowed the little stems that cascaded like stars between rivers Now to gather the tree trunks boulders, burdens the fog Legend are the fish all dead together in a cauldron of death Stiff smiles push tears...
Brahms’ Requiem: Movement 2 Reflection by Fynn Manohchompoo
Seven ways we become what we carry. Seven ways of looking out. Around the table, at grandmother’s house, Grandfather laughs away his mother’s words. One by one we weave Our tapestry of life and death. Mother singing lullabies: “In a world filled with love,” “God is...
Brahms’ Requiem: Movement 3 Reflection by Branton Waitiki
There is a boundary I do not cross. It moves depending on the mood of others. Mom has nightmares of a family broken by anger Babies without moms. A husband calling from another home. My father came to America To own land. From our first days here He brought...
Civic Engagement Benefits from Intergenerational Organizing
We are honored to have participated and volunteered again for the...
Social justice work starts in the community.
The Freedom Center is grateful to have participated in Emiliano...
Organized labor at the forefront of efforts to improve the lives of workers!
The Martin Luther King...
To build community, we need to take the time to know our neighbors.
We are grateful to...
We appreciate Reporter Srishti Prabha's interpretation of Ashia Bennett's response to Marge Piercy's poem, "If They Come In The Night,"...
Staff, Student and
Guest Articles
Meraki Radio: MLK Freedom Center – Meet Jayda Gray
On this episode of Meraki Radio, we meet Jayda Gray, a student with the MLK Freedom Center. Listen up to the youth, ya'll! A link to the MLK Freedom Center: https://mlkfreedomcenter.org/ https://kdrt.org/audio/mlk-freedom-center-meet-jayda-gray
Sac Observer: Black and Hispanic Students Find Their Voice Through Civics Education in Sacramento
Move as fast as you can but as slow as you need to
By Jennifer (MLK Freedom Center Student) “Move as fast as you can but as slow as you need to.” Change does not happen overnight it takes disciplined and dedicated individuals for change to occur. Being a lifelong learner means recognizing that being of service to the...
Pixels For Peace
Creating Community
Civic Engagement Benefits from Intergenerational Organizing
We are honored to have participated and volunteered again for the 9th annual Healthy Living Festival held at the Oakland Zoo. More than 2,500 East Bay Seniors, families and friends attended the event that promotes wellbeing,...
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From a Kitchen in the World House
View our interactive cookbook From a Kitchen in the World House.
MLK Freedom Center students produced From a Kitchen in the World House cultural recipe exchange book entirely during COVID. The book project was organized by 30 students, representing 23 languages and 19 countries. They exchanged a cultural recipe from a grandparent or parent with another MLKFC student of a different race or nationality, cooked their partner’s recipe in their home, and served it to their family. They reflected on their experience in the writings enclosed. From a Kitchen highlights Dr. King’s World House concept that through science and technology our world has been brought together into a worldwide neighborhood; Dr. King calls us to turn this worldwide neighborhood into a brotherhood and sisterhood. Students share From a Kitchen in regular book readings and public events. From a Kitchen in a World House is available for purchase for $20. Please contact us to arrange a book reading or to purchase a book.
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