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Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Celebration : 2015 Expand
 
 
January 15, 2015
01-15-2015
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The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission was established to recognize Dr. King's significance as a civil rights leader and to honor Ohioans who work to promote diversity and eliminate discrimination through nonviolent methods. Each year, the Commission presents awards to Ohioans to celebrate the life of Dr. King, whose teachings encourage nonviolent actions to secure equal rights for all Americans.

2015 Awards:

Community Building: Master Sgt. Antonia Anderson

Cultural Awareness: John Upshaw

Economic Opportunity: Atiba Thompson

Health Equity and Awareness: Lewis Shine II

Social Justice: Hope Dudley

Youth: Capturing the Vision of Dr. King: Da'Quan Knuckles

Governor's Humanitarian Award: David Price

As part of the celebration, Ohio students who won their age group at the 2014 statewide oratorical contest will present their speeches.

Student Speakers:

James Oran, Fifth Avenue International Alternative Elementary School, Columbus, Ohio

Courtney Stewart, Columbus Preparatory School for Girls, Columbus, Ohio

John Merkel, Lima Senior High School, Lima, Ohio

Additional Speakers:

Rev. Richard Burnett, Trinity Episcopal Church

Rev. Joel L. King, Vice Chair, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

William T. Green, Chair, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

Andre Porter, Director, Ohio Department of Commerce

Robert Gordon, Commissioner, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

David Jehnsen, Commissioner, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

McKinley Brown, Commissioner, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

Dorothy Lovell-Jones, Commissioner, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

Napoleon Bell, Commissioner, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

Dr. Fannie L. Brown, Commissioner, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

Rabbi Michael Ungar, Tifereth Israel, Columbus, Ohio

Music:

Tamia Nichol Simmons, Abundant Mercy Church of the Living God, Columbus Ohio

Berwick Alternative K-8 School Choir
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00:00:00"Lift Every Voice and Sing" - Berwick Alternative K-8 School Choir
00:03:41Welcome - Rev. Richard Burnett
00:07:38Invocation - Rev. Joel L. King
00:10:58Occasion and Introduction of Special Guest Speaker - William T. Green
00:15:23Special Guest Speaker - Andre Porter
00:24:39Movement for Presentation of Awards
00:25:39Presentation of Community Building Award to Master Sgt. Antonia Anderson
00:27:12Presentation of Cultural Awareness Award to John Upshaw
00:29:19Presentation of Economic Opportunity Award to Atiba Thompson
00:31:08Presentation of Health Equity and Awareness Award to Lewis Shine II
00:32:19Presentation of Social Justice Award to Hope Dudley
00:34:07Presentation of Youth: Capturing the Vision of Dr. King Award to Da'Quan Knuckles
00:36:40Presentation of Governor's Humanitarian Award to David W. Price
00:39:10"Amazing Grace" - Tamia Nichol Simmons
00:43:14Introduction of Guest Speakers - Dr. Fannie L. Brown
00:44:44Student Speaker - James Oran
00:47:56Student Speaker - Courtney Stewart
00:53:39Student Speaker - John Merkel
00:59:45Benediction - Rabbi Michael Ungar
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