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Marchers Push for Immigrant Reform in Yakima
Marchers Push for Immigrant Reform in Yakima
Marchers Push for Immigrant Reform in Yakima
The National push for immigration reform takes center stage in Yakima this week. The annual May Day March is set for Wednesday as the US Senate considers an immigration reform bill. The Yakima march starts at 6:00 p.m. at Miller Park...
Public Breakfast Gathering Before Presidental Inauguration and MKL March
Public Breakfast Gathering Before Presidental Inauguration and MKL March
Public Breakfast Gathering Before Presidental Inauguration and MKL March
In an event open to the public, the Yakima County Democrats will hold a Presidential Inauguration Celebration Breakfast in Yakima's Howard Johnson Plaza from 8 to 11 a.m. this morning. "I want to emphasize that this will be a public gathering, not a party fundraiser," said new Yakima county Democratic Party chair Dany Adolf...
MLK Jr. Honored At Heritage Unversity
MLK Jr. Honored At Heritage Unversity
MLK Jr. Honored At Heritage Unversity
Heritage University faculty, staff and students are honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a celebration on Tuesday, January 31 on the Toppenish campus. The event will feature a reading of the I Have a Dream speech, songs from the civil rights movement and a keynote address by Thelma Jackson, owner and principal consultant of Foresight Consultants and founder of The Northwest Institute for
Yakima Celebrate MLK Jr. Day
Yakima Celebrate MLK Jr. Day
Yakima Celebrate MLK Jr. Day
More than one-thousand people were in downtown Yakima Monday to celebrate the life of Doctor Martin Luther King Junior...Monday was a national holiday....marchers walked down Martin Luther King, Jr. boulevard waving flags and carrying signs...
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Debuts on the National Mall [VIDEO]
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Debuts on the National Mall [VIDEO]
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Debuts on the National Mall [VIDEO]
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C., has officially opened to the public. The memorial will be formally dedicated on Aug. 28 — the anniversary of his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech — and will cap a five-day celebration that could draw as many as 250,000 people.