MLK Honored With Call to Support Education

Dr. Nicole Sanders, delivered a call to support education at the ceremonies held in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sanders, the Assistant Chief Talent Officer for Consolidated School District of New Britain, spoke at the Memorial Celebration held for Rev. King fifty-one years since the leader for Civil Rights and economic equality was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

Sanders described her vision for having a well-funded and quality education, calling it her “utopia”. She called for broad support, especially locally, for decisions that support education.

Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (D-5) spoke at the ceremonies, still dressed for the neighborhood clean-up at Willow Street Park that New Britain’s Representative in the United States Congress had just participated in.

The ceremonies were held by the New Britain Mary McLeod Bethune Club and the city on April 6, 2019.

Other speakers at the ceremonies included Republican Mayor Erin Stewart and Rory Edwards, who introduced Sanders as the event’s keynote speaker.

State Rep. Bobby Sanchez (D-25) and former Mayor and state Commissioner Donald DeFronzo attended the event. Ald. Kristian Rosado (R-2), Ald Don Naples (R-4) and Ald. Daniel Salerno (R-AL) were also in attendance.

Rev. King, who was one of the most important leaders in American history, was assassinated while he was in Memphis supporting union sanitation workers who were striking for a better life for their families and better working conditions against a racist system in that city.

At the time, Rev. King was in the middle of organizing the Poor People’s Campaign, proposing a progressive set of reforms that would have guaranteed for everyone in the nation decent paying jobs, guaranteed minimum incomes, decent housing, quality education, participatory democracy and universal health care.

Rev. King was assassinated as his stature was growing as a national leader for all Americans, fighting for Civil Rights, equality, economic equity and peace.