My Friends I Want To Wish All A Very Safe and Happy Martin Luthur King Jr Day 2023 … But I Have Been Thinking …..

Thinking Yes Thinking …. Thinking About Some Things Going On In Our Great Nation …And I Have A Few Questions…. 60 Years Ago Dr King Gave His Famous : “I Have A Dream Speech” ….. Where He Painted A Picture of An America Free of Hate, Strife and Division …. An America Where Kids Could Play and Be Kids Together…. Regardless of Race or Social Class…

Dr King Inspired Me To Serve Along with A Great Group of Friends …. Susan Bullets Kennedy Nanton Leatha Sherill-Bush Tawana Akins Tracy Brown Amy Rodriguez and A Host of Others Who Tirelessly Serve Our Community….

But Sadly Many Are Not Serving But Sitting Idly By …. Watching on The Sidelines Of Life …. Yes Sitting And Watching …Watching As Our Great Nation Struggles ….Struggles That were Real When Dr King Was Alive and Are Worse Now …

We Live In A Nation Where People Work Hard….. and Are Undepaid and Work 2 Jobs Sometimes … Just to Survive… Yes In Dr Kings Time This Happened Too … He Got Out There and Called Out Economic Unfairness …He Demanded A Level Playing Field ….

We Live In A Nation Where Many Do Not Have Access to Healthcare or Medicines …Many Are African American and Hispanic … Because States Play Political Games with Medicaid Expansion… Dooming Many To Sickness …. How Is This Just ? How Is This Fair ? When Two of The Communities African Americans and Hispanics Suffer From High Rates of Diabetis ? Needing Life Saving Insulin or Other Medicines They Struggle or Simply Can Not Afford … Again How Is This Just ? How Is This Fair ? I Ask …. When Millions Still Are Uninsured or Struggle To Afford Medicines ….Medicines That Save Lives …

We Live In A Nation Where Our Kids Are Dying From Gun Violence Daily … Where They Can’t Play Outside … In Safety….They Go To Schools and Have Active Shooter Drills …How Is This Right ….We Live In A Nation Where You Can Get Shot and Killed on The Street, At A Mall, Grocery Store, Park, Place of Worship …Even on A Front Porch …No Place Is Safe ….

We Live In A Nation Where Rents Are Too High …And Now Food Is Too High …. And The Struggle Is More Real Than A TV Reality Show For Many Working Families…..

I Ask; Is This The Dream You Want America.? …Dr King Spoke of Peace and Hope …Yet We Are Going Away From His Vision … Dr King Would Not Be Pleased I Bet If He was Alive and Saw This ….He Would Be Sad …He Would Speak Out … He Would Fight For The Dream ….

I Ask This : ….. Do We Want A Nation of Gun Violence? Where Anyone Can Die At Any Time ? Do We Want A Nation Where Sick

People Suffer Without Healthcare and Medicines?? Do We Want An America No One Can Afford To Live In Economically ?

How Does This Realate to Dr King’s Vision ? …It Does Not Eqate or Relate to It …. Yet Some of You Sit Idly By ….While Many Cry … Cry For Food ,Medicines ,Healthcare, Jobs , Purpose … Cry For People Who They Lost Through No Fault of Their Own …. Yes You Sit Idly By On The Bench of Life …While Many Suffer Too Afraid to Use Your Voice To Give Life To A Great Dream That Can Still Be Reality ….Your Voice Like Dr King’s Keeps The Dream Alive …

Dr King Would Not Be Pleased At The Violence, Especially The Killing of Innocent Children…..Children Who Were His Vision of A Great Future….

Dr King Would Not Be Pleased Seeing So Many Sick People without Healthcare insurance and Medicines They Need to Keep Them Alive ….

Dr King Would Not Be Pleased About Familes Struggling to Pay Rent and Buy Food….

Dr King Spoke Out …And Acted …. Showing His Dream For A Greater America…One Free of Violence Sickness and Full of Hope and Peace ….

So I Ask What Are You Doing About The Dream ?? Watching Forces Destroy it ? Or Are You Sitting on The Sidelines Of Life Watching Many Struggle Still … Dr King Used His Voice …To Make Life Better For All Now …He Gave His Life to The Cause … Yet Many of You Fail to Say A Word …Fail When You See Something to Say Something….

We Can Still Have The Dream ….But We Must Stop The Nightmare of Poverty, Sickness , and Violence Plaqeuing America Now … We Must Rise Up Like Dr King Did Then ….Be The Voice of Good …See Something Say Something…. Fight The Good Fight ….Use Your Voices And Act ….. Thus We Honor MLK By Keeping The Dream Alive

Dr King Inspired Me As A Disabled Activist in 1988 ….He Still Does …. I Fight Because He Fought For A Better America and World … I Hope He Inspires All Who Read This …. We Need You And Your Voice America…. Happy MLKDay

Thank You God Bless