In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, SIATech Schools will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025.
To commemorate this day, here are some great resources put together by North County principal, Craig Lewis, to learn more about Dr. King and how this day honors his memory:
“…the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” – MLK, Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. We know these words well. In trying times they may give us a source of hope. But, they also invite a question. ALS offers a forum.
You know how sometimes we tell one story to tell another? Standing up may seem a simple thing, but timing is everything. And standing, when the moment matters, is one of King’s most enduring lessons and legacies. To honor King, a couple of stories about people who stood when the moment mattered.
Los Angeles Public Press – The Tenant Association
Serial – The Kids of Rutherford County
As we honor King by celebrating upstanders, we may also consider these two men who exemplify courage, confidence, grace, kindness, compassion, and genuine empathy in roles that we must know require an incredible seriousness of purpose. One, Lieutenant Colonel James Harvey, a Tuskegee Airman, and the other, drawn from our more immediate and contemporary context, General C.Q. Brown, the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest ranking military officer.
What it Takes podcast – General C.Q. Brown and Lt. Col. James Harvey: Wings of Freedom
American Rhetoric – General Charles Q. Brown – On Race Relations and Civil Unrest – at the time of this address to his command, in 2020, General Brown was the commander of Pacific Air Forces and awaiting Senate confirmation as the Air Force’s Chief of Staff. Courage? Doing the right thing? Absolutely. General Brown risked the end of his career by speaking from the heart following the murder of George Floyd.
And finally, this is something I put together a few years ago, probably a few dead links, but the pictures tell the story.
