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3. The very beginnings of the SCLC can be traced back to the Montgomery
Bus Boycott that began December 5, 1955 after Rosa Parks was arrested
for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. Lasting for 381
days ending on December 21, 1956, with the desegregation of the Mont-
gomery bus system, the boycott was carried out the newly established
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). Martin Luther King, Jr.
served as President and Ralph David Abernathy served as Program Direc-
tor. It was one of history’s most dramatic and massive nonviolent pro-
tests, stunning the nation and the world.
The boycott was also a signal to Black America to begin a new phase of
the long struggle, a phase that came to be known as the modern civil
rights movement. Despite bombings and death threats, 60 persons from
10 states assembled and announced the founding of the Southern Leader-
ship Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration. They is-
sued a document declaring that civil rights are essential to democracy,
that segregation must end, and that all Black people should reject segre-
gation absolutely and nonviolently. By 1957, organizers would shorten
the name to Southern Leadership Conference and later that summer to the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference establishing an Executive
Board of Directors, and elected officers, that included Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. as President, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy as Financial Secretary-
Treasurer, Rev. C. K. Steele of Tallahassee, Florida as Vice President, Rev.
T. J. Jemison of Baton Rouge, Louisiana as Secretary, and Attorney I. M.
Augustine of New Orleans, Louisiana as General Counsel.
Core actions were the adoption of nonviolent mass action as the corner-
stone of strategy, the affiliation of local community organizations with
SCLC across the South, and a determination to make the SCLC movement
open to all, regardless of race, religion, or background. SCLC is now a
nationwide organization made up of chapters and affiliates with programs
that affect the lives of all Americans: north, south, east and west.
Its sphere of influence and interests has become international in scope
because the human rights movement transcends national boundaries.
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4. ABOUT THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (SCLC-SC)
In 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. officially established the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference in Los Angeles with civil rights and
local pastor Dr. Thomas Kilgore Jr., and Douglas Dollarhide, who be-
came Compton’s first African American mayor in 1969.
Today, SCLC-SC, in addition to special civil and human rights com-
memorative programs that call us to remember and move forward, has
worked to create more jobs in the City of Los Angeles as a prominent
member of the Fix LA Coalition, created more opportunities for African
Americans in the hospitality industry working with UNITE/HERE, and
has been prominent in African American leadership with the work of the
Black Community Clergy Labor Alliance. It has worked with Port Ware-
house workers and truck drivers for better working conditions. It was an
organizer and continues to work closely with the Black Jewish Justice
Alliance and to help the community deal with the aftermath of violence
in LA and around the country by sponsoring prayer vigils with Holman
UMC.
SCLC-SC has developed its Voter Empowerment Project in partnership
with 25 churches that impacted over 40,000 voters in the last election. It
has created Youth Enhancement Programs that include Saturday Morn-
ing Tutorial in partnership with Congregational Church of Christian Fel-
lowship and Wednesday Evening Youth Empowerment sessions in
partnership with Christ Liberation Ministries. All of this leads to the
Youth Summer Program of 2018.
SCLC-SC has focused on the Poor Peoples Campaign by targeting ad-
vocacy and policy changes, temporary and emergency relief, workforce
development through training and getting opportunities for inclusion.
Through these activities locally, we can begin to realize Dr. King’s
dream of obliterating poverty.
The year 2018 is a significant year; it is the 55th anniversary of the
March on Washington; the 54th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of
1964; the 53rd anniversary of both the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, and the 50th Commemoration
of the Sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We need you to help us
change the tenor of the country, and make it the country that Dr. King
dreamed about. Help us finish the business.
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5. Greetings Sisters and Brothers:
As we celebrate the lives of four amazing
individuals, we are in awe of their com-
mitment, drive, determination, courage,
power, persistence, and their indomitable
spirit that it takes to fight against injus-
tice. They are who we need in various
capacities as we fight the current ills in
our society and an administration in
Washington that has it all wrong. So to-
night we celebrate Issa Rae, Pastor Joe
B. Hardwick, Congresswoman Karen
Bass, and Ralph Fertig.
Many of you have helped make this a great year for SCLC-SC. We
have initiated the Poor Peoples Campaign by focusing on four areas,
advocacy and policy change, temporary relief (food program), prepara-
tion and trainings, and fighting for inclusion and opportunities in areas
that African Americans have been traditionally locked out.
Other initiatives that have been started include the SCLC-SC Hollywood
Bureau, the Silicon Beach Initiative, Youth Excel Summer Project, and
revamping the Millennial Program.
We have been working with the Port Truck Drivers and Warehouse
Workers where we feel there is modern day Jim Crow racism taking
place there.
This year, being the 50th Commemoration of the Sacrifice of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., our chapter will embark on some programs to push for-
ward the reality that we have to keep dreaming and working to bring to
reality. On April 4th, there will be a major march through L.A. focusing
on all of the issues that Dr. King fought for or would be fighting to re-
solve. That night, there will be a major program in his honor. Later in
August there will be the first ever Social Justice Festival.
We intend to use this year to organize against policies that are nefari-
ous toward the poor, discriminated, venerable, and prejudiced.
Thank you for joining the fight with us. In the Spirit of Dr. King, bring it
on Washington DC we are ready to fight for the heart and soul of Ameri-
ca!
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6. Greetings!
The Executive Board and members of SCLC of
Southern California welcomes you as we celebrate
the 61st anniversary of the founding of SCLC. We
come together not just to commemorate the work
and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but to commit
to doing the work it will take to make this a more just
and equal society.
Dr. King said: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is
the most shocking and inhumane.” In the year just ended, we fought
against the stripping away of this basic right. Simultaneously, we
fought back against the bashing of immigrants, particularly those of col-
or, the gentrification of our neighborhoods and lack of affordable hous-
ing, the rolling back of voting rights and funding for quality education. In
2018, these issues will continue to be the target for those seeking to
take us backward.
We have warriors in the persons of those being honored tonight. In
acknowledging the commitment of Rev. Hardwick, Congresswoman
Bass, Ralph Fertig and Issa Rae it is only fitting that we pledge to work
alongside of them. Our keynote speaker, Thomas Steyer, has done just
that. Imagine how much lighter the load and how much more we could
accomplish if we all did our part. That is what Dr. King asked of us.
And as a true leader, he did not ask us to do anything he wouldn’t do.
April 4, 2018, will be the 50th anniversary of the ultimate sacrifice Dr.
King made on behalf of workers – the people who drive the economy.
Dr. King saw the danger ahead yet pushed on because he believed
those sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee deserved respect and
dignity on the job. The workers had the courage to stand up for recog-
nition of their union because they knew, with union representation, it
was possible to level the playing field. Today, the Supreme Court in a
case named Janus v. AFSCME, moves closer to taking away the free-
dom of working people to join together in strong unions. They know
that unions give workers a powerful voice in speaking up for them-
selves, their families and their communities. With the union out of the
way, public services, good jobs and benefits, safety and security will be
rolled back. We can’t allow this to happen.
The struggle continues – come and join us in the work to be done.
We thank you for your support.
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7. Anne-Marie Johnson was last year’s recipi-
ent of the SCLC-SC Rosa Parks Humani-
tarian Award. She is back this year in ser-
vice as our Mistress of Ceremony.
Ms. Johnson is an accomplished actress
who has and continues to have a very busy
career in film and on television. She is a
Los Angeles native and UCLA alum.
Ms. Johnson is well known for her starring
roles in The Heat of the Night, What’s Hap-
pening Now and for five seasons she por-
trayed Congresswoman “Bobbie Latham” on the military drama
JAG. She will soon be seen in the TNT series Murder in The
First.
Ms. Johnson’s feature credits include Hollywood Shuffle, True
Identity, Down in the Delta and Pursuit of Happiness – just to
name a few.
Ms. Johnson is a union leader and a social justice and commu-
nity activist. She served as a national board member of the
Screen Actors Gild and 4-term first vice president. She also
served on the board of the American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists (AFTRA). SAG-AFTRA has now joined to-
gether to form one unit. In 2016, she was the first Black actor
or actress to receive the Ralph Morgan Award from SAG-
AFTRA, which is the highest honor given to members or staff
who go above and beyond in service to the membership. Ms.
Johnson was one of the creators of “The African-American Re-
port” which studies issues that concern African-American
primetime performers and was SAG’s EEOC National Chair.
Ms. Johnson serves as Co-Chair and Parliamentarian of her
Neighborhood Council.
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8. In 2010, Tom Steyer and his wife, Kat Tay-
lor, pledged to contribute most of their
wealth to charitable causes during their life-
times. That same year, Tom worked to defeat Proposition 23, an
attempt by the oil industry to roll back California’s historic plan to
reduce pollution and address climate change.
In 2012, Tom led a campaign to invest hundreds of millions of
dollars in California schools annually by closing a corporate tax
loophole. To date, Proposition 39 has put nearly a billion dollars
into California schools and clean energy projects, saving millions
of dollars in annual energy costs.
Tom founded a successful California business, which he left to
work full-time on nonprofit and advocacy efforts. He served as
President of NextGen Climate, an organization he founded in
2013 to prevent climate disaster and promote prosperity for all
Americans. In 2017 NextGen Climate expanded their progressive
fight to include immigration, health care, prosperity, and equality
— as NextGen America.
Tom’s dedication to public service is greatly inspired by his wife,
Kat, the co-CEO of Beneficial State Bank in Oakland. They
founded this nonprofit community bank in 2007 to provide loans
to people and small businesses shut out by the traditional bank-
ing system. Unlike most banks, by statute Beneficial State Bank
invests any profits back into the community.
Tom and Kat live in San Francisco and have four children.
Tom Steyer is a business leader and philan-
thropist who believes we have a moral re-
sponsibility to give back and help ensure that
every family shares the benefits of economic
opportunity, education, and a healthy cli-
mate.
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10. Congressmember Karen Bass was re-
elected to her fourth term representing the
37th Congressional District in November
2016.
Congressmember Bass serves on the House Judiciary Commit-
tee and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs where she is
Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa. She was select-
ed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve on the prestig-
ious Steering and Policy Committee, which sets the policy direc-
tion of the Democratic Caucus, as Organization, Study and Re-
view Chair.
Congressmember Bass is also playing a leadership role in the
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), where she serves as Sec-
ond Vice-Chair for the 115th Congress.
Throughout her career, Representative Bass has maintained a
focus on our nation’s foster care system. In her first term, she
created the bipartisan Congressional Foster Youth Caucus along
with co-chair U.S. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.), which aims to trans-
form the foster care system in America.
Prior to serving in Congress, Representative Bass made history
as the first African American woman to serve as Speaker of the
California Assembly. In this powerful state legislative role, she
helped California to recover from the greatest economic crisis
since the Great Depression.
ROSA PARKS HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Congresswoman Karen Bass
U.S. House of Representatives
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11. DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE AWARD
Ralph Fertig, PhD
Civil Rights Expert/Professor/Judge
Ralph Fertig was born to German immigrant parents
in 1930 and was raised in Chicago. He re-
ceived a B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1950,
an M.A. from Columbia University in 1952, and
a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in
1955. While earning his bachelor's degree, Fer-
tig formed a student branch of the NAACP. He subse-
quently became a member of the Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights and viewed Paul Robeson as one of his heroes.
During the 1960s, Fertig was part of the Freedom Rider move-
ment protesting Jim Crow laws in the American South. Fertig went on to
earn a J.D. from UCLA Law School in 1979 and eventually became a civil-
rights attorney and an administrative law judge. He is best known, however,
as the longtime president of the Humanitarian Law Project (HLP).
Fertig strongly objected to the passage of the Antiterrorism and Effective
Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1996, a Patriot Act precursor, which made it
a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison to provide “material support”
to any foreign organization designated as a terrorist group by the Secretary
of State.
In 1998 Fertig was a lead plaintiff in Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. Re-
no et al. -- a federal court case that was brought by the Center for Constitu-
tional Rights (CCR) -- where HLP tried to protect Americans' right to pro-
vide legal counsel, if they wished, to the Sri Lanka-based Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Both of these separatist, Marxist entities had been formally designated as
foreign terrorist organizations, and their actions had theretofore led to more
than 100,000 deaths during the preceding two decades.
Fertig was a supporter of World Can’t Wait (WCW), a Revolutionary Com-
munist Party front group that sought to organize “people living in the United
States to take responsibility to stop the whole disastrous course led by the
[George W.] Bush administration.”
In 2008, Fertig donated money to the presidential campaign of Barack
Obama.
In addition to his work with HLP, Fertig at various times has also served as
a supporting member of the Campaign Against Criminalizing Communi-
ties; vice president of the Southern California chapter of Americans for Dem-
ocratic Action; an executive board member of the Progressive Jewish Alli-
ance; an executive board member of Peace Now; a board member of
the Pacifica Foundation; and a clinical associate professor of Social Welfare
in the University of Southern California's School of Social Work.
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12. REV. THOMAS KILGORE, JR.
PROPHETIC WITNESS AWARD
Rev. Dr. Joseph Benjamin Hardwick
Rev. Dr. J. Benjamin Hardwick is the organ-
izer and Senior Pastor of Praises of Zion
“Praise City” Baptist Church in Los Angeles,
CA. Through the grace of God he has pas-
tored Praise City for 60 years. Dr. Hardwick
is also the current President of the Western Baptist State Con-
vention of California, Inc.
In an effort to reconstruct and stimulate South Los Angeles fol-
lowing the 1965-Watts Riot, Dr. Hardwick founded the Personal
Involvement Center in 1971. In 1987, Dr. Hardwick was first
elected as President of the Western Baptist State Convention
and was re-elected as president in 1995. As President of West-
ern Baptist State Convention, Dr. Hardwick has helped to bring
vision, integrity, and stewardship commitment to the Western
Baptist State Convention. As part of the leadership team, he in-
troduced the Western Baptist State Convention Scholarship Pro-
gram, solidified the work of the district association, organized the
Prison ministry, created a no-cost Life Insurance program for
families, and implemented food-drive programs.
With a deep desire to promote, nourish, develop and enhance
the welfare of others, Dr. Hardwick has received many honors
and achievements such as Director of Children’s Work for the
State of California, recipient of the Humanitarian Award from the
City of Los Angeles, “Keys” to the City, inductee for the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Hall of Preachers, helped organize the Los Ange-
les Martin Luther King Jr. parade, board member for the develop-
ment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital in Los Angeles and Life
Membership to the NAACP, Chairman for the Unity Ecumenical
Program, Chairman of the Metropolitan Interfaith Coalition of
Southern California, ACC Pauline Award, Oxford’s “Who’s Who”,
Pastor of the year 1968 and 1995, and over 100 various other
awards and commendations.
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13. MILLENNIAL
LEADERS AWARD
Issa Rae
Jo-Issa "Issa" Rae Diop is an Ameri-
can actress, writer, director, producer
and web series creator. She is best
known as the creator of the YouTube
web series Awkward Black Girl. Since
the premiere of Awkward Black Girl, Rae has developed her
own YouTube platform where she features various content
created by people of color. Rae's shows have garnered over
20 million views and over 260,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Ms. Rae is a native of Los Angeles where she attended King
Drew Medical Magnet High School and went on to Stanford
University. She graduated in 2007 with a major in African
and African-American Studies. She abandoned the idea of
going to business school or law school when Awkward
Black Girl began to take off in 2011.
Through grassroots donations, in August, 2011, Ms. Rae
was able to get funding to release the rest of season one of
Awkward Black Girl on her YouTube channel. With her own
unique flare and infectious sense of humor, Issa Rae's con-
tent has garnered over 23 million views and over 200,000
YouTube subscribers (and counting). In addition to making
Glamour Magazine's "35 Under 35", Forbes' "30 Under 30"
and Entertainment Weekly's "Breaking Big" lists, Issa's hit
series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl was the
recipient of the coveted Shorty Award for Best Web Show.
Issa's first book, a collection of essays, is a New York Times
Best Seller and her latest project, Insecure, a half-hour com-
edy show for HBO, premiered to rave reviews and earned
her a Golden Globe nomination.
Issa has received national attention with major media outlets
including The New York Times, CNN, ELLE, Seventeen,
Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, Fast Company, MSNBC, Es-
sence, Fader, Variety and more.
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17. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Ryan has been masterfully playing
the soulful sounds of the saxophone since age 10. A fourth-
generation sax player, Ryan’s musical career has afforded him
the opportunity to travel the world to accompany renowned artist
such as Stevie Wonder and legendary producers & writers Jim-
my Jam and Terry Lewis to name a few. Ryan’s musical inspira-
tion came from his grandfather, Ester Betterson, who shared with
him his passion of music. Ryan attended Clark Atlanta University
and was the first freshman to become drum major, as well as a
proud member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America,
Inc. Ryan is no stranger to the film industry. He has made came-
os in 20th Century Fox’s Drumline, Paramount Pictures’ Fighting
Temptations, Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman; Ryan’s
played on the Fighting Temptations soundtrack with singer-
songwriter Faith Evans, on the song titled “Heaven Knows,” as
well as performed on the Walt Disney movie, Country Bears. He
has been featured on both “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and
“The Johnathan Ross Show” with Stevie Wonder, whom he has
performed with for the past 10 years. Blessed and honored with
performing with many superstars in jazz, R&B and even hip-hop,
including Alanta’s own T.I. and Big K.R.I.T. Overall, Ryan is an
exceptional international saxophone player who strives to instill
the importance of music’s role in the enrichment of the human
spirit. The feelings that he can’t express verbally, he can express
through his smooth sounds of “Saxuality.”
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18. WELCOME REV. WILLIAM D. SMART JR.
PRESIDENT & CEO SCLC-SC
ALICE GOFF
CHAIR SCLC-SC
MISTRESS OF CEREMONY ANNE-MARIE JOHNSON
ACTRESS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
INVOCATION RABBI JONATHAN KLEIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CLERGY & LAITY UNITED
FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE (CLUE)
BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
VIDEO PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION OF HONOREES
REV. DR. THOMAS KILGORE, JR. REV. J. B. HARDWICK, PASTOR
PROPHETIC WITNESS AWARD PRAISES OF ZION MBC
THE MILLENNIAL LEADERSHIP AWARD ISSA RAE
ACTRESS, WRITER,
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
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19. SPECIAL PRESENTATION YOUTH ORATORICAL CONTEST WINNER
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT RYAN KILGORE
JAZZ SAXOPHONIST
INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER COUNCILMAN CURREN PRICE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER TOM STEYER
PRESIDENT, NEXTGEN CLIMATE
ROSA PARKS HUMANITARIAN AWARD CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
37TH DISTRICT CALIF
INTRODUCTION OF DRUM MAJOR HONOREE REV. JIM LAWSON
DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE AWARD RALPH FERTIG, PHD
CIVIL RIGHTS EXPERT,
PROFESSOR, JUDGE
CLOSING REMARKS PASTOR WILLIAM D. SMART JR.
BENEDICTION REV. DR. WILLIAM CAMPBELL
SENIOR PASTOR
MT. GILEAD MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
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I am so proud of you.
I love you.
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SCLC and 2018 Honorees from the
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To Rep. Karen Bass for her leadership,
to Ralph Fertig for his indefatigable energy,
to Rev. Hardwick for all the memories of our
social justice work together at USC years ago,
and to the other honorees and activists who
make true the words of Dr. King:
“the arc of the universe bends toward justice.”
With gratitude,
Rabbi Laura Geller
and all your friends at
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
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32. NATIONAL SCLC PRESIDENTS
1957 – 1968 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1968 – 1977 Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy
1977 – 1997 Rev. Joseph E. Lowery
1997 – 2004 Martin Luther King III
2004 Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
2004 – 2009 Dr. Charles Steele, Jr.
2009 – 2011 Howard W. Creecy, Jr.
2011 – Present Dr. Charles Steele, Jr.
EXECUTIVE BOARD SCLC - SO. CALIF
CHAIRPERSON
Alice Goff
Treasurer, AFSCME Local 3090
PRESIDENT & CEO
Pastor William D. Smart, Jr.
Co-Pastor Christ Liberation Ministries
Executive Director, Hurting & Hungry Association
VICE CHAIRPERSON
Rev. William Monroe Campbell
Sr. Pastor, Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church
TREASURER & CO-CHAIR LABOR COMMITTEE
Anton Farmby
Vice President, SEIU USWW
SECRETARY
Jamie E. Wright, Esq.
CHAIRPERSON FINANCE COMMITTEE
John Ek
BOARD MEMBERS
Victoria Browder
Lena Cole Dennis
Rev. Norman D. Copland
Jimmie Woods-Gray
Rev. Steve Neal
Dr. Shana Redmond
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33. ACCE
Amy Powell, KABC 7
Black Jewish Justice Alliance
Honorable Curren D. Price, Councilman 9th
District Los Angeles
Curtis Ernest, Chief of Staff,
Office of Councilman Price
Bryce Jeness Rosauro, Director Legislative
Affairs, Office of Councilman Price
Clergy Laity United for Economic Justice
Community Coalition
Jackie Martinez, Scheduler,
Office of Councilman Price
Danna Kiel, Essay/Oratory Chair
Dean C. Logan, LA County Registrar Office
Do Kim, President, K. W. Lee Leadership Ctr.
FAME Church
Fannie Lou Hamer Institute
Fix LA Coalition
Grace Cho, K. W. Lee Leadership Center
Rabbi Jonathan Klein, CLUE
Honorable Marqueece Harris-Dawson,
Councilman 8th District Los Angeles
KABC7 – Teresa Samaniego
Rev. Kelvin Sauls, Sr. Pastor, Holman
United Methodist Church
L.A. County Federation of Labor
LAANE
Pastor Cue, The Row Church/Church Without
Walls
Rev. James Lawson, Civil Rights Icon, Pastor
Emeritus Holman UMC
Sandi Cook
Jean Franklin
Stephen Rohde, Chair, Bend The Arc
Tonya Spencer, Los Angeles Sheraton
Gateway Hotel
Charles Dickerson, Inner City Youth Orchestra
of Los Angeles
Black Lives Matter of Los Angeles
Association of Black Social Workers
Honorable Mike Bonin, L.A. City Councilman
Black Community Clergy Labor Alliance
Fernando Pullum Community Art Center
Millennial Education Awardees
- Dr. Louida Miller
- Mr. Keith Parker
Millennial Legacy Awardees
- Miguel Gaetan
- Ryan Kilgore
Honorable Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer,
Assemblyman 59th District
Kia Patterson, Grocery Outlet, Compton
National Council of Negro Women—View Park
Section
New Poor Peoples Campaign
AFSCME – Local 3090 & District Council 36
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
SCOPE Agenda
SEIU Locals 721, 2015, USWW and UHW
Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas
Susan Lin, KABC 7
Unite Here Local 11
Warehouse Workers Resource Center
West Angeles COGIC
Wilder’s Preparatory Academy
OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED
THE SCLC-SC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
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34. Gala Committee
Alice Goff General Chair
Pastor Thembekila Smart Dinner Room Coordinator
Demetra Price Dinner Logistics Coordinator
Karla Salazar
Sheila Haley
Clara Youngblood
Stage Production Credits
Miguel Gaetan Production Manager
Kimberly Paggett-Willis Script Writer
Garth Fjellstrom AV Professionals
Musicians
Roman Johnson Piano
Stanley Randolph Drums
Jamahl Smith Bass
Klye Bolden Guitar
LaNesha Cuevas Vocals
Marketing
Arnetta Mack Communications Manager
Mack Enterprises Unlimited Graphic Design
(Invitations, Journal, Flyers)
LA Business Printing Printing
Ian Foxx Photography
Alice Goff
William Monroe Campbell
Jan Perry
Steven Neal
Tori Bailey
Charles Dickerson
Micheal Gyunn
Do Kim
Elizabeth D Birks
Rev Oliver Buie
Gary Toyo
Gregory Akili
Danna Kiel
Ian Foxx
Annette Wells
Anne-Maria Johnson
Pam Hope
John Ek
Jorge Garrido
KarmaNia Smart
Stanley Stain
Sandi Cooke
Pat Sanders
King Week Committee Members
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Your untiring service and support of
the SCLC Southern California was
very much appreciated and will
never be forgotten.
In Memory of
(Beloved Sister of
Alice Goff, SCLC-SC Board Chair)

36. Save the Date….
April 4, 2018
“ 50 Years After
The Sacrifice of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr…”
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