Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023 SHAKER HEIGHTS HIGH
A CONVERSATION IN HONOR OF REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
IN HIS OWN VOICE "I Have a Dream" screening of Dr. King's speech David E. Weiss City of Shaker Heights Mayor OPENING REMARKS Dr. Lawrence Burnley Shaker Heights Schools Chief DEI Officer INTRODUCTION "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Sankofa PERFORMANCE Amy L. Switzer Shaker Heights Public Library Director GUEST SPEAKER Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. Dr. Emmitt R. Jolly Board of Education President PROGRAM Colleen Jackson City of Shaker Heights Chief DEI Officer MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES WINNING ESSAYS Grades 3 & 4 Michael Peoples Ameerah Marie Ford Asher Nave Grades 5 & 6 Claire Richards Robbie McCullough Molly Weingart SHAKER LIBRARY WRITING CONTEST Thomas A. Cicarella Shaker Library Board President
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears have been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, Our God, where we met Thee; Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand.
True to our God, True to our native land.
Additional Opportunities
3-5 PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 15
P a r t i c i p a t e i n a f a c i l i t a t e d d i a l o g u e w i t h D r . L a w r e n c e B u r n l e y , S h a k e r H e i g h t s S c h o o l s C h i e f D E I O f f i c e r , a n d C o l l e e n J a c k s o n , C i t y o f S h a k e r H e i g h t s C h i e f D E I O f f i c e r , o n o u r t h e m e : “ D r . K i n g ’ s B e l o v e d C o m m u n i t y : O p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d C h a l l e n g e s f o r S h a k e r H e i g h t s M o v i n g F o r w a r d T o g e t h e r ” a t t h e S t e p h a n i e T u b b s J o n e s C e n t e r .
NOON-2 PM MONDAY, JANUARY 16
H e l p s u p p o r t n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n s b y d r o p p i n g o f f i t e m s i n n e e d a t a d r i v e - t h r o u g h d o n a t i o n d r i v e a t t h e S h a k e r H e i g h t s M i d d l e S c h o o l . D e t a i l s c a n b e f o u n d a t b i t . l y / D o n a t i o n s D r i v e 2 0 2 3
DR. KING'S LIFE & TEACHINGS
F o l l o w a l o n g w i t h t h i s i n t e r a c t i v e l e a r n i n g g u i d e f o r a d e e p e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e C i v i l R i g h t s M o v e m e n t . Y o u r p e r s o n a l c o p y i s l o c a t e d h e r e .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T H E M A R T I N L U T H E R K I N G , J R C O M M E M O R A T I O N A N D C E L E B R A T I O N W A S A C H I E V E D T H R O U G H T H E C O L L A B O R A T I V E E F F O R T S O F : The City of Shaker Heights Shaker Heights Public Library Shaker Heights City Schools WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: The Shaker Heights PTO The Shaker Schools Foundation Sankofa
