THE CITY OF DAVIS HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION PRESENTS: THE TWENTY NINTH ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION
"IT TAKES A COMMUNITY"
A Remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior
Recorded January 16, 2023
00:00 PROGRAM
05:17 - WELCOMING COMMENTS - Mayor Will Arnold
10:29 - THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM
Dzokerayi Minya Mukome, Director of the TESE Foundation, President of PACCD and co-founder of Women in Leadership Davis
18:00 - INSPIRATIONAL WORDS
Dr. Vickie Gomez, Ed.D. UC Davis Director of Campus and Community Engagement in the Office of Community Relations
25:03 - POETRY READING
Julia B. Levine, City of Davis Poet Laureate and a recipient of a American Academy of Poetry Poet Laureate Fellowship
33:43 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Laurissa M. Wells, MPA, NAACP Environmental Justice Chair and Senior Director of VisionsOne Evironmental Equity & Policy (VEEP)
50:08 - MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
M'ster Lewis, Hip Hop Artist and Activist
59:15 - YOUNG LEADER MESSAGE
Daniel Engotto, Youth Leader of the Yolo Ethnic Studies Academy and advocate for educational equity
01:14:21 - CALL TO ACTION
Rachael Fulp-Cooke, Community Activist, Social Services Commission Vice-Chair, but here speaking in her name
01:28:04 - CLOSING DANCE PERFORMANCE
Afrominivibes, a sibling group that seeks to educate the Community about diversity, equity and inclusion through dance, spoken word and acting
IN ADDITION TO THE SPEAKERS, PERFORMERS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND GRATITUDE TO DAVIS MEDIA ACCESS FOR FILMING AND LIVESTREAMING THE EVENT AND TO UMOJA, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA WORK GROUP OF YOLO COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY FOR SPONSORING THE EVENT.