Honoring MLK and the Movement of the People
MLK was the symbol of a people’s movement – Unity of the Community.
Olivia S. Taylor has contributed much to her community while raising a family with her husband Abe Taylor (died in 2014). She is an educator, activist, writer, author, civil rights worker and scholar. As an educator she founded an alternative school in the Brownsville community. Her school served to educate our children without busing to better schools out of the neighborhood. As an activist and civil rights advocate, it was not unusual to address causes and give support to humans who built this nation and who were still not treated fair, still disenfranchised. Olivia is a writer, historian, storyteller, co-author (Dream Catcher’s Song) volunteer at Heritage House, Safety Net Hospital (people’s right to medical services w/care & concern). Olivia studied w/ Ella Baker and Dr. John Henry Clarke, while working tirelessly with Nell Brandon (Kim Brandon’s mother) community activist to get things done in the community. And, she never lost sight of her immediate family, husband Abe, two daughters Tonjee, Philena and grandson Jasper.
“Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes our resistance and nonviolence truly meaningful. That element is reconciliation. Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.” MLK
Join us in person at:
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture,
269 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Please RSVP at:
https://mlk_bsec.eventbrite.com
(those who RSVP will also receive the Zoom link)