Join Livingston Dems in remembering the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., with a special showing of Robert Reich's film, "The Last Class."
The film is about the end of Reich's class, "Wealth and Poverty," at the University of California-Berkeley.
While King is best known for his work advancing civil rights causes such as access to public accommodations and voting rights, his mission evolved to tackling poverty as he realized voting had not solved the chronic poverty of many poor African Americans. In the months immediately before his assassination, he planned the Poor People's March on Washington to bring attention to the income and housing problems of America's poor.
More than a half century later, our nation still struggles with meeting the needs of our country's poor.
In "The Last Class," Reich contemplates leaving his students with a world still out of balance.
The film will be shown on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 2:30 p.m. Doors open at 2 p.m. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
A discussion will follow the film.
Winners of the Livingston Dems' Essay/Art/Video contest for high school students will be honored after the film with a chance to discuss their entries.