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Legal Redress Committee Chairperson: Juanita Greene Lawrence Walker Legal Redress Addresses racial injustice by investigating complaints of discrimination, ensuring access to legal resources, and advocating for the protection of civil rights for all individuals. Printable Complaint Form

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Health Committee Chairperson: Cheryl A. Goff To collaborate with community stakeholders to improve health (including mental health) outcomes among African American and other communities of color. To focus on preventing and reducing childhood obesity, HIV/AIDS, other chronic diseases, and health disparities.

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2026 Essay Winners 2026 Celebration Standing Up for Justice: Community Voices 7PM, Monday January 19 MLK Committee Chairperson: Rev. Kevan Franklin MLK Essay Contest Coordinator: Mady Noble The Martin Luther King Day Committee coordinates community events for the national holiday each year in January honoring Dr. King's birthday. That includes a Celebration Service that focuses on Rev. Dr. King's role in the Civil Rights Movement and the ongoing work in racial justice, anti-poverty, and equal rights for all people. The Committee also coordinates the Martin Luther King Essay Contest for students in Wayne County schools to learn more about Dr. King's legacy. Winners of the Essay Contest each year are presented at the Celebration Service. The Committee meets monthly between March and January on the 1st Monday of the month [if possible]. Most of our meetings are on Zoom. For more information contact: Rev. Kevan Franklin docksf@aol.com Mady Noble madeleinenoble424@gmail.com Essay Prompts MLK Commemoration/College of Wooster 2024 Essay Winners MLK Gallery 2025 Essay Winners Wooster/Orrville

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday 2026 ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS Grades 1-3 Topic: In Jacqueline Woodson’s book ‘The Other Side,” two girls, one white, one black, become friends despite the fence separating them. Claire Audet Kean Elementary Third Grade - Mrs. Erika Ratliff Read Essay Kiyansh Gunikuntla Kean Elementary Third Grade - Mrs. Erika Ratliff Read Essay Preston Oyer Green Elementary Third Grade - Mr. Maibach Read Essay Grades 4-6 Topic: Was Dr. King’ decision to use thousands of black schoolchildren to protest in downtown Birmingham in 1963 too risky? Emmett Ramseyer Green Elementary School Grade 5-Mr. Maibach Read Essay Irelynn Cutlip Montessori School Wooster Grade 6 - Ms. Michelle Mann Read Essay Breylin Friend St. Mary School Grade 6-Miss McAllister Read Essay Grades 7-9 Topic: What was the effect across the nation of black school children facing fire hoses and police dogs in downtown Birmingham in 1963? Andrew Zvolensky Wooster High School Grade 8 - Mr. Michael Sexton Read Essay Kanishka Gunikuntla Edgewood Middle School Grade 7 - Ms. Courtney Robinson. Read Essay Emma Gatten Green Middle School Grade 8 - Mr. Maibach Read Essay Grades 10-12 Topic: Was Dr. King’s Birmingham Campaign the turning point in the Civil Rights Movement? Gunner Curtis Orrville High School Grade 11 - Dr. Dziczkowski Read Essay Kymber Bishop Rittman High School Grade 11 - Dr. Dziczkowski Read Essay Charlotte Cerniglia Waynedale High School Grade 11 - Dr. Dziczkowski Read Essay

Membership Committe e Chairperson: Lawrence Walker Membership Join this multigenerational network of activities fighting for social justice, dismantling structural racism and advancing racial equity. For more information contact Lawrence Walker: walkie32@aol.com Become a Member Renew Membership Membership Form 2024 Membership Event Silver Life Members

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Scholarship Winners 2023-2024 Ki'Asia Benjamin Cleveland Institue of Art Nolan Miller Miami University 2022-2023 Safaria Brown Kent State University Aisha Nelson-Ray OSU-ATI Christopher Vann The College of Wooster 2021-2022 Tamara Turner The College of Wooster

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