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A Day to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.

On Jan. 15日,威斯敏斯特社区纪念马丁·路德·金的一生和遗产. with a full day of workshops, 中间穿插着执事阿特·米勒的主题演讲和耶鲁阴影合唱团的无伴奏演出.
 
Miller, an author, radio host, revivalist, 退休商人,哈特福德大主教管区黑人天主教事工办公室前主任, grew up on the South Side of Chicago. 他是埃米特·蒂尔的同学,埃米特·蒂尔在1955年14岁时遭到了野蛮的殴打, 在密西西比州乡下,两名白人男子指控他冒犯了一名白人妇女,随后将他杀害并扔进了河里. At the murder trial, the all-white jury found the two men innocent, 通过引起全国对密西西比普遍存在的种族暴力和不公正的关注,引发了民权运动.
 
“蒂尔不是因为向白人妇女吹口哨而被杀的, he was killed because he was in a place of hatred,” Miller said, explaining that hatred prevailed in the community, the state of Mississippi supported it and the U.S. federal government allowed it to happen.
 
Moved by the increase of racial violence, Miller, at 17, attended a protest in Chicago organized by King, where he was arrested. “我很害怕,但我必须做正确的事,”米勒谈到这次经历时说.
 
To remain silent perpetuates pain. 马丁·路德·金传达的信息是关于转型的——我们有能力从现在的自己转变为未来的自己, Miller said.
 
他号召学生们行动起来,要求他们爱自己, 寻求成为自己最好的版本,并提升彼此.
 
After the keynote address, 学生们参加了上午和下午提供的近40个讲习班中的一些,这些讲习班涵盖了广泛的主题,包括关于个人和文化身份的小组讨论, social and environmental justice, allyship, 以及黑人在视觉和表演艺术领域的科学成就和贡献.
 
Special guest writer-actor-musician Malik Work, founding member of The Real Live Show, a groundbreaking jazz/hip-hop conglomerate, led a workshop on King as a storyteller, poet and performer.
 
学生们也有机会参加一些校外活动, including a tour of King’s summers in Simsbury, 他大学期间在哪里的烟草地里工作以支付学费. They traveled to Springfield, Mass.到青年与家庭希望组织的青年项目中与孩子们一起工作. 
 
皇冠2021app下载地址办主任迈尔斯·贝利(Miles Bailey)在家中举办了一场特别的烹饪活动. Students prepared a “traditional,南方的年夜饭是熏鸡和猪肉, black eyed peas, collard greens and cornbread. After sharing the meal, 他们讨论了Netflix的电视剧《皇冠2021app下载地址》.”
 
Shades of Yale, one of Yale’s premiere a cappella groups, capped off the afternoon with a 在安德鲁斯纪念教堂的演出,庆祝散居海外的非洲人的音乐和非裔美国人的传统.
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