The speech that really brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. into the spotlight was his infamous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963. King galvanized the 200,000 participants at the rally to demand civil rights for all Americans and the March became a powerful symbol for unification and hope.
Another March on Washington will occur this Saturday, and thanks in part to the power of social media, the crowd is expected to be much larger. Men and women of all ethnicities and ages -- will stand together in solidarity to support the human rights of all people. The Women's March on Washington was organized in response to the insults and degradation of women and minorities by the incoming administration and is designed to foster connections and grass roots change much like the March on Washington did in 1963. Hopefully, there will be a modern-day Dr. King that can inspire and rally hundreds of thousands to work for change in today's era of civil unrest and inequality.
Whether you are in Washington to participate or whether you partake in one of the local marches (happening in every state and many local communities), I hope you let your voice be heard. As that "overrated" Meryl Streep so eloquently said: "Disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence." Model respect and non-violence as Dr. King did, and do your part to make his dream a reality.
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