{"id":11123,"date":"2024-02-08T16:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=11123"},"modified":"2024-02-08T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:42:51","slug":"uaw-local-14-celebrates-the-legacy-of-dr-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/uaw-local-14-celebrates-the-legacy-of-dr-king\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW Local 14 Celebrates the Legacy of Dr. King"},"content":{"rendered":"
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State Sen. Paula Hicks Hudson and event volunteers (NAACP Youth Council of Toledo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Tricia Hall<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Truth Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

UAW Local 14 honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, during the local\u2019s 15th<\/sup> annual celebration on Saturday, January 27.<\/p>\n

The speakers and presenters all reflected on the importance of unions in the area of civil rights and that Dr. King\u2019s call for equality isn\u2019t over. Andrew Kinsey served as the program master of ceremonies and opened the celebration, followed by the University of Toledo\u2019s Color Guard presenting the flag, Pastor Jon Michael Talbert delivered the invocation, and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown delivered pre-recorded remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for organizing this event,\u201d began Senator Brown, who has represented the state of Ohio since 2006. \u201cThe UAW understands workers rights are human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toledo\u2019s own MLK Academy for Boys, named in honor of Dr. King Jr., delivered a special presentation. The presentation began with remarks from the school\u2019s principal and community advocate Willie Ward, EdD, with support provided by Sheila Cook, the school\u2019s Community\/Family Resource & Outreach Representative. Two exceptional students, Josiah Ridley and Dylan Savage, recited the school\u2019s mission and received a standing ovation from the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand on the shoulders of giants, while trying to instill the morals of Dr. King into these boys,\u201d began Ward, MLK Academy for Boys principal. \u201cOur school draws boys from all over Toledo and I invite you to learn more about this academy.\u201d<\/p>\n

UAW Local 14 President Tony Totty introduced Marcy Kaptur, US Representative, who delivered remarks. Willie Hall introduced Larry Robinson, the International UAW Civil and Human Rights Department leader, who also delivered remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, thank you, thank you,\u201d began Kaptur. \u201cThank you for the invitation, we know that UAW does the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jamele Walker presented a spoken word. Brian Van Pelt delivered the introduction of the keynote speaker, Andr\u00e9 Washington. Washington began his labor career at the University of Michigan Medical Center, and was eventually hired as a community organizer for AFSCME Council 25 in Detroit. He has remained in the labor organizing, advocacy and union space ever since. He current serves as the Midwest Regional Representative and Ohio State President of the A. Philip Randolph Institute overseeing 10 states.<\/p>\n

\u201cTime to move from position to purpose,\u201d began Washington. \u201cIt\u2019s in your DNA. What do you do with that position, when you move from position to purpose? You bring influence to purpose to purpose. Remember all of Dr. King\u2019s the work, he was assassinated at a young age. He moved from position to purpose in the civil rights movement. The UAW doesn\u2019t run away from a fight, they run towards a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tricia Hall The Truth Reporter UAW Local 14 honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, during the local\u2019s 15th annual celebration on Saturday, January 27. The speakers and presenters all reflected on the importance of unions in the area of civil rights and that Dr. King\u2019s call for equality isn\u2019t over. Andrew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[215],"class_list":["post-11123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11125,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11123\/revisions\/11125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11123"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=11123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}