“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression.”
DR. KING CELEBRATION WEEKEND
January 17 - January 20, 2025
In the Works for Dr. King Celebration Weekend 2025:
Weekend opening celebration Friday January 17 at the Holiday Inn, Saratoga Springs
Performances and workshops
Dance party at the Frederick Allen Lodge, 69 Beekman Street
Day of Service, Monday January 20
Community Celebration featuring Soulist Garland Nelson
THANK YOU to all who demonstrated that the Beloved Community indeed Begins with Us: DKCW 2024.
Together we planned, partnered, performed, supported, volunteered, attended, and engaged to challenge, nurture, inspire, and create community in Saratoga Springs.
What is “The Beloved Community” Mindset?
Martin Luther King, Jr. described the “Beloved Community” as a society where “caring and compassion drive political policies that support the worldwide elimination of poverty and hunger and all forms of bigotry and violence. At its core, the ‘Beloved Community’ is an engine of reconciliation.” Read more here
Dr. King Celebration Weekend 2023. Video by DJ Hollyw8d/More Music Less Violence
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Six Steps of Non-Violent Social Change and Principles of Non-Violence
Information Gathering
Education
Personal Commitment
Discussion/Negotiation
Direct Action
Reconciliation
1: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
2: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
3: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice not people.
4: Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.
5: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
6: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.
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Saratoga’s FreeFridge:
Community Mutual Aid
Launched by Saratoga BLM and hosted by the Frederick Allen Lodge, 69 Beekman!
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Please Share & Care:
Venmo: @saratogafreefridge
CashApp: $saratogafreefridgem
OURstory TREASURE HUNT.
Uncover and explore Saratoga Springs’ history of our People of Color … we cannot truly know ourselves and how we have arrived where we are today until we re-weave the very fabric of OUR shared story — a much more color-full, vibrant and extraordinary tapestry of Humanity than our history books, classrooms, and memories have represented over the centuries. Let’s grow Saratoga Springs’ community into a stronger, healthier tomorrow — for all of us, together.
Map Original Adaptation by Diana Domingo for MLK Saratoga
“We must DO democracy.”
