FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his I Have a Dream speech during the March on Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 1963. A new documentary âMLK/FBI,â shows how FBI director J. Edgar Hoover used the full force of his federal law enforcement agency to attack King and his progressive, nonviolent cause. That included wiretaps, blackmail and informers, trying to find dirt on King. (AP Photo/File)
There is still work to do in achieving the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of more than 50 years ago, Valley clergy and activists say, as they view present-day upheaval in Washington and protests in American cities following violent police encounters with blacks.
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Lea Dotson of Warren, one of the founders of IVote Black, a political organization formed in Warren in 2020 that focuses on making sure political leaders and organizations work on issues affecting black communities and their progress, stands by the gazebo at Courthouse Square.
Work still needs to be done to achieve the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of more than 50 years ago, Valley clergy and activists say, as they view present-day upheaval in Washington and protests in American cities following violent police encounters with blacks.
That work, they note, entails putting people in office and holding them accountable to the black community, working for policy changes, involving youth in local discussions and addressing covert racism.
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WARREN Jacqueline Shannon, a certified cancer registrar with the Cleveland Clinic, has been selected to replace longtime Warren board of education member Robert “Bob” Faulkner, who resigned last month.
Shannon was among six who applied to fill the unexpired term.
“I am honored to begin my collaboration with this awesome team,” Shannon said Tuesday after being sworn in by Trumbull Probate Judge James Fredericka.
Shannon is a longtime advocate of Warren City Schools. She and her late husband, Patrick, a Warren graduate, raised their children in Warren. Both were very active in the school community.
“Jackie’s career leadership roles, her volunteerism in the Warren community, her enthusiasm and testimony to the strength of the Warren City Schools’ academic programs and extracurricular offerings, in addition to the depth of her volunteer work within the district, made her the perfect candidate to fill the board seat,” said board President Patti Limper
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WARREN The Warren Board of Education will have a special meeting 9 a.m. Saturday to interview six candidates seeking to fill the open board seat of Robert Faulkner, who stepped down in December.
Board of education President Patricia Limperos said the board has scheduled interviews in executive session for Alisha Alls, Jenna Daugherty, Lea Dotson, Todd Johnson, Jacqueline Shannon and Jaime Shuster.
Alls is a counselor and business owner with Greentree Counseling Center; Daugherty, an English as a second language teacher and tutor self employed and with VIPKid online education company; Dotson, an education policy analyst with Alliance for Climate Education; Johnson, pastor with Second Baptist Church, Warren; Shannon, certified cancer registrar with Cleveland Clinic; and Shuster, teacher, editor and research consultant with Hiram College, Kent State University and Cleveland State University.