BAR HARBOR — A community march will take place in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 16, at noon, starting at the Village Green. Students of the
Gardiner, Augusta Civil Rights Teams honor Martin Luther King Jr. with virtual celebration
Despite remote learning since winter break, Gardiner s and Augusta s Civil Rights Teams have found ways to celebrate MLK Jr. Day, while Skowhegan Area High School is focusing on personal pronouns.
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Civil Rights Team members Alyssa Henderson, left, Ruby Colwell and Kayla Bailey gather Thursday at Gardiner Area High School.
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“The right wing and the left wing are part of the same bird,” she said.
Colwell, a ninth-grader at Gardiner Area High School, said the quote is especially meaningful this year.
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“We all have to realize that I’m human, you’re human, we are all human, and that’s what brings us together,” she said. “We are all in the same world and working towards the same thing. That’s what MLK and Ruth Bader Ginsburg stood for.”