thirty fifth Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards to honor Maryland residents who preserve civil rights chief’s legacy alive – Capital Gazette

13 native civil and human rights activists can be honored Jan. 13 on the thirty fifth Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Program in Glen Burnie.

Since 1988, the awards program has paid homage to King’s reminiscence by recognizing those that, via their actions and phrases, have helped preserve the civil rights chief’s legacy alive.

This 12 months, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi and chairman of america Home Choose Committee on the January 6 Assault, would be the keynote speaker on the ceremony, which begins at 6 p.m. on the La Fontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie.

The occasion was based by Carl Snowden, an Annapolis alderman on the time. Snowden is now the convener of the Caucus of African American Leaders.

Tickets are $100 per particular person and can be found for buy at https://mlkjrmd.org/. For extra info, contact Arlene Jackson at 301-538-6353.

Proceeds from the occasion go to planning future award celebrations and funding memorials round Anne Arundel County and Maryland.

Thompson has represented Mississippi’s second congressional district since 1993. Along with serving on the Jan. 6 committee, he chairs the Committee on Homeland Safety. Earlier than his political profession, Thompson labored to register Black voters and met civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.

“I’m from part of the nation the place folks justify the actions of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan and lynching,” Thompson stated in a information launch. “I’m reminded of that darkish historical past as I hear voices … attempt to justify the actions of the insurrectionists on Jan. 6, 2021 … We nonetheless, in my humble opinion, are nonetheless the best nation on the planet. We simply had a hiccup on Jan. 6. And we’ve to repair it.”

Performing on the ceremony can be Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, an award-winning playwright, actress and singer. She is going to carry out “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and her one-woman present, “The Fannie Lou Hamer Story.” As Hamer, she speaks to points resembling voting rights for honest illustration.

Coretta Scott King Award: Bay Group Well being, situated in Shady Aspect and West River, has served underrepresented residents in rural south Anne Arundel County for 45 years.

Alan Hillard Legum Civil Rights Award: Joshua Hatch, an Annapolis resident, helps incarcerated folks reestablish life outdoors jail.

Drum Main Award: Jacqueline Boone Allsup, served three phrases because the president of the Anne Arundel County Department of the NAACP.

Drum Main Award: Dr. Linda Boyd, an Annapolis resident, is the next training supervisor for the Heart of Instructing and Studying at Bowie State College.

Drum Main Award: Midshipman 1st Class Kelly Eleanor Hughes is a chemistry main on the U.S. Naval Academy and a devoted volunteer within the Annapolis group.

Drum Main Award: Olivia McMillan is the primary vp of packages for the Nationwide Coalition of 100 Black Girls, Anne Arundel County Chapter (NCBW-AACO), the place she oversees its well being, training, financial empowerment, and public coverage initiatives.

Drum Main Award: Commander Josh Veney, an Odenton resident who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2004 and is the commanding officer of the usLouisiana, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine home-ported in Bangor, Washington. Veney has mentored and skilled Navy sailors from various backgrounds and led volunteer efforts within the county.

Morris H. Blum Humanitarian Award: Mayor Gavin Buckley, a Democrat serving his second time period in workplace. Final summer season, Buckley efficiently preserved the final remnant of Elktonia and Carr’s seashores, two traditionally Black seashores that had been refuges for Black residents through the Jim Crow period. The land can be turned into a heritage park.

We Share the Dream Award: Alderman DaJuan Homosexual, a Democrat from Ward 6, has a historical past of serving his group via faculty and native volunteerism. He was the youngest councilman ever elected within the metropolis in 2019 at age 22.

Wiley H. Bates Legacy Award: Nancy Gist was an educator in Anne Arundel County for many years serving as each instructor and later administrator. Gist was secretary of the Anne Arundel NAACP, vp of the Anne Arundel County Ethics Committee and the primary Black president of the Board of Schooling in Anne Arundel County.

Dream Keeper’s Award: Vincent Moulden volunteers with TCP Charity and Charting Careers, serves as a county youth mentor, and serves on the Board of the Group Basis of Anne Arundel. Moulden was just lately named director of Community Engagement and Constituent Services for Anne Arundel County.

Peacemaker Award: John “Bumper” Moyer is a fourth-generation Eastport resident who has accomplished environmental tasks all year long in his group for which he has taken no compensation and has sought no recognition.

Brave Management Award: Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin represents the state’s eighth Congressional District. He served because the lead Home supervisor within the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, which ended with a 57-43 vote to acquit the president of inciting a violent rebellion towards the federal government to overthrow the 2020 presidential election.