🗓️On Aug 28, 1963 the March on Washington marked a historic step towards civil rights, featuring Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful “I Have a Dream” speech. The impact endures as the fight for equality continues. #MarchOnWashington #Inclusivity #TheMarchContinues #60yearanniversary
More than a year after the Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'ballot box' speech urging Black voters to vote despite the danger they faced. Over a half-century later, the VRA has been gutted, but the vote is just as powerful. #TheMarchContinues
More than a year after the Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'ballot box' speech urging Black voters to vote despite the danger they faced. Over a half-century later, the VRA has been gutted, but the vote is just as powerful. #TheMarchContinues
1/2 #OTD in 1965, 25K marchers finally made it to Montgomery (under the protection of the National Guard, ordered there by President Johnson). They heard MLK's “How Long, Not Long” speech.
We focus on #BloodySunday , but we should also remember March 25.
#TheMarchContinues
It’s been 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders organized the pivotal #MarchonWashington in August 1963.
📢 Today, Americans march not as a commemoration, but a continuation. #TheMarchContinues #MOW60 #MLK
#DemsAbroad Democrats Abroad Reparations Task Force
🎦 If Kenya harnesses the potential of young people through strategic investments in the health, education, economic, and governance sectors, then the country can accelerate its socio-economic dev. and well-being of the citizenry over the next few decades.
#TheMarchContinues 2/2
Bowie’s first march for Dr. MLK Jr. Day in matching shirts.
#themarchcontinues
University of Utah Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Utah Athletics
#OTD in 1963, images of Black students being attacked while marching in #Birmingham , Alabama, triggered national outrage & changed the course of the #CivilRights Movement.
#TheMarchContinues as the new generation of youth activists continue their legacy of calling for change 🤝.
We didn’t just make the #NairobiCommitments for fun.
We made them because they are important!
Here, #HLC Commissioner Franka Cadee makes it clear… if you make commitments, you should fulfill those commitments!
#Accountability #ICPD25 #TheMarchContinues
#HLC onICPD
The language we use matters. That’s why *justice* underpins the framework of the #HLC ’s reports.
But why this term? And why do the words we choose matter so much in the fight for #SRHR ? Let Commissioner Latanya Mapp explain.
#ICPD25 #TheMarchContinues
#HLC onICPD
Reminder: We still have a long way to go to achieve the #NairobiCommitments .
Here, #HLC Commissioner Friday Okonofua reminds us: Though we’ve come a long way on building #SexualandReproductiveJustice , we have further to go.
#ICPD25 #TheMarchContinues
#HLC onICPD
17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed #OTD by George Zimmerman, who claimed he shot the teen in self-defense. He was acquitted. The death moved conversations about racial profiling to the national level.
Rest in power, Trayvon. #BlackLivesMatter #TheMarchContinues
Thank you young people of South Sudan for continously communicating and engaging!
'Youth Engagement in Communication' Award. UNFPA 🇸🇸 acknowledged for our visibility and youth engagement.
#TheMarchContinues #Musharaka4Tanmiya
59 years later, #TheMarchContinues
Inspired and renewed after Southern Poverty Law Center’s dinner tribute to the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Grateful to be in a room full of co-conspirators for justice!
Calling all youths in Isiolo! Let's unite through meaningful participation to end FGM, GBV, and SRHR issues.
Your voice matters, and together, we can shape a brighter future. Together, we rise!
#1Vision3Zeros #TheMarchContinues
🚨PRESS RELEASE 🚨
Appointment of the Ag. Secretary General/CEO KNATCOM Dr. James Njogu, HSC on 31st May 2023.
We, UNESCO Youth Forum Kenya, extend our best wishes and congratulations to Dr. James Njogu on your appointment. May God bless you abundantly.
#TheMarchContinues