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Honoring An Advocate
There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we celebrate a profound advocate, a man who gave his life to a belief in a better society, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister and scholar, was a driving force in the push for racial equality in this country, a supreme orator, and a catalyst for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the civil rights movement in 1964. Unfortunately, 42 years after Dr. King made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to no fewer than 250,000 Americans on the granite steps of the Lincoln Memorial, racism is still a reality. Dr. King said, "the time is always right to do what is right." Following this wisdom, Children's Campaign, Inc. has placed an organizational emphasis on "doing what is right" for minorities involved with the various child serving systems in Florida. The Campaign has coordinated volunteers across the state to form a Minority Issues Advisory Council (MIAC). MIAC is dedicated to addressing needed system-wide changes in order to guarantee accountable, balanced, and fair services to youth of color especially in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. A special emphasis is placed on the problem of disproportionate contact and confinement of minorities. The council is led by a national leader in minority affairs, Mr. Leon Russell. As we remember the accomplishments of Dr. King, and reflect on what our world would look like if Dr. King had not spoken aloud his feelings of injustice, we must also remember that we are celebrating an advocate, a man who choose to stand up for what he believed, and acknowledge that sometimes nonconformity and fighting for what you believe are the greatest gifts you can give to your fellow man. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." |