For Immediate Release
August 28th, 2019
MLK Planning Committee to make major community Announcement Wednesday, August 28th

25th-anniversary theme and community march initiative unveiled
Lincoln, Nebraska — August 28th, 2019

The annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Rally and March Planning Committee will be making a major announcement 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 28th in the Union Bank Catalyst conference room located at 350 Canopy Street Ste 130 (entrance is located off 7th street and will be marked with signage).

The announcement will be held in conjunction with the 56th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where Rev. Dr. King, Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. On that day, August 28th, 1963, an estimated 250,000 people marched in Washington, D.C. with King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress.

Planning Committee members and stakeholders will announce the committee’s march in conjunction with this anniversary and unveil a yearlong “movement” initiative to engage themselves while challenging the community to value one another. The committees will be honoring the contributions of the past, acknowledging the movement, and the community action that still needs to happen in our current climate to reach the mountaintop of justice and equity for all Rev. Dr. King, Jr. often referenced.

“I’m excited about sharing our theme, what we have planned with the community and the walk we have taken on behalf of the community for the last 24 years. The 25th year will speak to the importance of past marches and the ones still needed to ensure “the good life is experienced by all,” said Azcia’ Fleming, Youth Rally and March Chair and Lincoln High Senior. Present Wednesday and sharing will be current Youth Rally Chair Azcia’ Fleming, Dr. Jake Kirkland, Jr. who with the late Dr. Leola Bullock was one of the original rally founders, Brittney Hodges-Bolkovac who served as a planning committee member and is now a current adult advisor now with a child of her own participating and Pete Ferguson, who has served as the adult advisor for nearly 20 years.

The Rally and March entering its 25th year is a youth-run experience honoring the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and local civil rights leader, Dr. Leola Bullock. Involving area youth, the committee is charged with promoting the lives and dreams of King and Bullock through positive youth action while creating an experience that inspires, educates, and entertains. The 25th experience will take place Monday, January 20, 2020, in downtown Lincoln.

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For more information
Peter Ferguson, Adult Advisor
402.730.8709
Pferguson88@yahoo.com
Website: mlkyouthrallymarch.teamapp.com
Twitter: @mlkrally93

Location

Catalyst Building 350 Canopy Street, Ste 130, Lincoln, Nebraska