![]() This year’s keynote speaker featured writer, actor, comedian, and activist Franchesca Ramsey, who spoke on: “Your Powerful Online Voice: Social Media for Social Change.” I started my afternoon by attending Oregon State University’s 35th Annual MLK Celebration. In order to become united, we have to go within and do our own individual work so that we can come to a place of understanding, rather than constantly demonizing and blaming each other.Īfter attending multiple events in Corvallis, Ore., a flame lit within me: I thought about my own thought process and role during this important period in time, and I realized there are so many other people who are thinking and feeling the exact same way I do. Regardless of your stance on current global issues, we are all in a similar position. 16, 2017, marked the day we honored Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a nation by taking time to reflect on how far we’ve come, and how far we are from equality and social justice. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” ![]() There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. Franchesca Ramsey was the keynote speaker at OSU’s 35th Annual MLK Celebration ![]()
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