Celebrating Dr. MLK Jr. and DEI Team Recruitment

WithinReach's DEI Newsletter: January 2023

Mural of Martin Luther King Jr. at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr Way and East Cherry Street in Seattle, on the exterior wall of Fat’s Chicken and Waffles. Painted by artist James Crespinel

Centering and Honoring the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This year, 2023, marks 40 years that the residents of Seattle and King County have and continue to honor the legacy and the mission of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through The Seattle MLK Jr. Organizing Coalition. The Coalition identifies a facet of Dr. King's work or a local issue facing citizens in King County, with this year’s theme focusing on “40 Years of Continuing King’s Mission”. We hope this newsletter provides you with the resources and learnings that can help you celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this month and in the future.

LISTEN: 5 of Martin Luther King Jr’s most memorable speeches

READ: MLK Was A Radical And It’s Time That Our Schools Teach That

WATCH: MLK/FBI (Film by Sam Pollard)

Resources and Learnings About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

General Resources and Articles:

The King Center: Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“The King Center”) has been a global destination, resource center and community institution for over a quarter century.
King Resources Overview (Stanford University): The King Institute provides access to thousands of documents, photographs, and publications about the modern African American Freedom Struggle.
“On Martin Luther King Day, we should honor Coretta Scott King too” (Mashable)
“Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice” (Learning For Justice)

Videos:

NPR Podcasts:

What else is happening this month?

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National Day of Racial Healing (Jan. 17)

Launched on Jan. 17, 2017, the National Day of Racial Healing is an opportunity to bring ALL people together in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world.

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Lunar New Year (Jan. 22)

Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. It was traditionally a time to honor deities and ancestors, and it has also become a time to feast and visit family members.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27)

On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.

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Mental Health Resources and Events

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Mental Wellness Month

January is National Mental Wellness Month. It’s a time to bring awareness to mental health disorders, break the stigma, and encourage anyone to seek help.

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No Name Calling Week

A week organized by K-12 educators and students to end name-calling and bullying in schools. This week shares tools and resources for disrupting anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and bias-based bullying and invites LGBTQ+ students to assert what they want to be called.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Team Updates

DEI Team Recruiting is happening—apply today!

We will keep the application open until filled with priority recruitment to those who apply on or before January 31, 2023. All those who are interested are encouraged to apply! Learn more via the application or 1/9 email sent by our DEI Consultant, Kai Horton.

Please see below for important information, before you apply:

We are giving priority to our client-facing team members. We feel it is important to increase direct service representation on our team to make sure those voices are centered in our work.
We are giving priority to BIPOC (especially Black and Indigenous team members) and/or LGBTQIA+ team members.
We ask that you apply the tools we have recently shared in our internal workshop surrounding power and privilege to assess whether your lived experience is representative of those who are marginalized. If not, we ask that you create space for those with marginalized identities to have the opportunity to engage in this work in your place.

Apply today for the DEI Team

Feedback, comments, questions, ideas? Feel free to utilize our DEI feedback form. This is a space for you to use your voice and be heard. This form gives you the opportunity to submit feedback anonymously as well.

WithinReach would like to acknowledge that we occupy the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, in particular the Tulalip, Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Suquamish and Sauk-Suiattle Tribes and the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People, past, present and future, and honor with gratitude the land itself. We see you, respect your right to sovereignty and self-determination, and are committed to being better listeners, learners and in lifting Indigenous voices.

Why are land acknowledgements important?

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