OC MLK 50th Anniversary March & Rally set for Sep. 1 at Sasscer Park

The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington DC will be commemorated with a March and a Rally on September 1, from 2 pm until 6 pm, at Sasscer Park, located at 5th and Ross St. in Downtown Santa Ana.

“Even as we acknowledged what has been accomplished, it is time for us to actively work to fulfill the promise of justice for all.”

Participating organizations include:

• NAACP-OC
• MoveOn.org – N. OC & Irvine
• Women For: OC
• Orange County Equality Coalition
• IUCC Advocates for Peace & Justice
• Islamic Shura Council of So. Calif.
• DFA-OC
• Episcopal Church of the Messiah
• Progressive Christians Uniting – OC
• Fairview Community Church
• Progressive Democrats of America – OC
• First Drops Interfaith Children’s Choir
• RebelliousTruths.org
• Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries
• New Hope Presbyterian Church
• Christ Our Redeemer – AME Church
• Tapestry UU Social Action Committee
• Cousins Club
• Council on American-Islamic Relations – LA
• Democratic Party of OC
• Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village
• Laguna Woods Democratic Club
• Network of Arab American Professionals – Los Angeles (NAAP-LA)
• Jon Dobrer, Minister, Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton
• MANA de Orange County
• Pax Christi Orange County
• Los Amigos
• LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) – Santa Ana
• Industrial Workers of the World, OC Branch
• SEIU-USWW
• Chican@s Unid@s

If any organization would like to join the list of official endorsers or have a booth at the event, please send an email to felicitynf@aol.com for details.