Op-Ed: In the 60th Anniversary Year of ‘I Have a Dream’ Let’s Fulfill It

This article originally appeared in Newsmax on April 3, 2023

 

Today, April 4, 2023 marks the 55th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee.

Though his life was cut short, the dream that he and our King Family fought for continues to grow today.

Let us remind ourselves that the task before us is far from complete.

Equal access and opportunity for all must remain the call of our time.

This writer is always excited about the first quarter of every new year.

Yet, annually, while as humankind, we commence each year with new high hopes and many dreams, it's more often than not hard to move ahead with unfinished business tugging at both your heart and mind.

As 2023 unfolds, I continue to pray for victory: as in faith over fear, love and forgiveness over resentment, cherishing life over the taking of it for granted.

In all aspects of life, from birth to death, and beyond.

While March 31, 2023 was the last day of the year’s first quarter, so much has happened already! 

January gave us the first March for Life following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). As we do each year, we were privileged, as a nation to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Read full op-ed in Newsmax.