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[Children's voices]
- As a part of MLK day events, Kent state University and the committee really felt like we wanted
to connect our children to the experience, the children of the community, uh, we thought
it would be a perfect partnership to invite the Child Development Center to participate
in our events. We have the special book reading where children of the CDC learn about why
people marched together and what it means to be a part of a community especially with
the uh, memory and the legacy that Martin Luther King Jr. left. After the book reading
they have their mini-march where they are presenting, the Honoring the Dream scroll,
to Kent State University and we're gonna represent that this afternoon at the Keynote activities.
They're also gonna continue to Campus Kitchen and Beel Hall. There they're going to learn
more about food and securities and what it means to give back to your community.
This is the 1st year that the Child Development Center has been involved in the program and
we thought it was a great opportunity to connect the youngest people who are on our campus
to the overall MLK Day celebrations occurring.
- We wanted the kids to understand that giving back to their communities was important.
We wanted them to understand the dream that Martin Luther King had that we all are responsible
for our brothers and sisters so today they are making Valentines for the homeless that
the Campus Kitchen serves on Friday and also for our backpack program and those backpack
programs go to children who may not have enough food to get through the weekend.
- We honor the dream by loving our brothers and sisters without the blinds of racism or
classism or any other type of hate. We honor the dream by standing for righteousness when
it shows itself. We honor the dream today with our presence and events such as these.
It is something that we must continue to honor.
I honor the dream because it gave me hope at the age of 10 when I entered and integrated
classroom and experienced a better education. It was the beginning of change for a new day
in my future and that day is today.
I think one of the most beneficial things we can do is make sure people know their history.
-When you know your history you have a greater stepping stone to contribute so we really
want to instill those principles of honor, of legacy, of treating people fairly, of equality
into the children so they know what that means at a young age and it becomes a part of who
they are so that's why this was important today.