Sunday, January 18, join the community and Emcee Katharine Phelps to celebrate the Life & Legacy of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr from 2-4 at Lakeridge Middle School, located at 4700 Jean Road. Enjoy music by the LHS Jazz Ensemble, The Brown Sisters and Jaden Yazhari , Booths & a Community Art Table, poetry reading by Emmett Wheatfall, words from Mayor Joe Buck and more!
Sponsored by the City of Lake Oswego, the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library, Lake Oswego School District, and LOSD’s Belonging program, they are joined by African American Women of Lake Oswego and Surrounding Areas, Bahá’ís of Lake Oswego, LO for LOve, Lake Oswego School District, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Mary’s Woods, and Respond to Racism.
This event will also be live streamed on YouTube. For more info CLICK HERE.
A WORD FROM MAYOR JOE BUCK
This week, we honor and celebrate the life and enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King’s call to not rest in the comfort of consensus, but instead to wrestle – honestly and peacefully – with injustice, disagreement, and the moral responsibilities of democratic self-government, feels especially resonant today. Democracy depends on moral discipline. How we speak, protest, enforce laws, and hold one another accountable matters as much as outcomes.
Public trust is paramount to the City and to our local public safety officers. National events are not a proxy for our own policies, training, professionalism, or accountability. In Lake Oswego, our police hold themselves to high standards of trust and dignity and engage with the community in safe, thoughtful, and respectful ways.
We can all embrace Dr. King’s message that while disagreement in society is inevitable, the greatest threat to democracy is the loss of a shared commitment to trust, dignity, and nonviolence. Our commitment to shared values over shared conclusions, and to the importance of local communities amid national division, will help ensure we continue to come together for the honest, open dialogue needed to protect one another’s humanity, uphold accountability, and continue the patient, essential work of building trust.
Please join the City team and members of the City Council this Sunday to honor Dr King.