"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Just in time for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we have gathered the films, study guide, and special Martin Luther King Jr. content included in Embracing the Dream: Lessons from the Not In Our Town Movement on our website. You can find all of the films and download the PDF discussion guide here:
Embracing the Dream: Lessons from the Not In Our Town Movement—four short films, discussion guide and special MLK-inspired content
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January 13, 2011 - 4:11pm
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This week, in the wake of tragedy, Tucson witnessed—and inspired—an amazing coming-together of people by the tens of thousands. In both grief and solidarity, the people of Tucson have hosted vigils and memorials, with cities around the country following suit. They have created online groups and organized on-the-ground action. There are angels watching over the families of victims and cyclists whizzing through the streets. Yesterday evening, more than 26,000 attended the public memorial in Tucson at the University of Arizona, including President Obama.
January 12, 2011 - 12:52pm
When these days become a museum exhibit hall centuries from now, what will it say about us? And what will it say about this past Saturday? Was it the start of something terrible? Or of something amazing?
—Ulises Silva, Being Latino
January 6, 2011 - 5:17pm
The Fort Collins Not In Our Town Alliance was honored with a 2010 Advancing Equality Award from the Gay & Lesbian Fund of Colorado. Though the organization received 40 nominations from across the state, Fort Collins NIOTA nabbed the award for Outstanding Nonprofit Organization.
The awards, according to Tonya Ewers, are “really meant to uncover organizations and people in Colorado who are doing wonderful things in the community for equality” and their overall goal is to “create a more equal Colorado and a better place for everyone.” The fund is a program of the Gill Foundation.
At the December award dinner, the Gay & Lesbian Fund used this language to explain why the Fort Collins NIOTA was selected as a their Outstanding Nonprofit Organization:
January 5, 2011 - 11:46am
Just before the holidays, we announced our newest DVD, Embracing the Dream: Lessons from the Not In Our Town Movement. As the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal holiday draws near on Jan. 17, we wanted to share with you our introduction to this new DVD.We also invite you to download the Embracing the Dream discussion guide as a pdf (below), which includes hyperlinks to the individual videos. This guide is useful to spark discussion in your classroom, boardroom or lunchroom. We are so pleased that schools, churches and corporations will be incorporating these stories into their holiday lesson plans and activities.