Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Josh Kuckens of the Bates Communications Office portray moments from the college’s 2016 MLK Day observance as the campus community and invited guests from near and far explored the theme “Mass Incarceration and Black Citizenship.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 1963
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“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” — Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 1963
“This is a justice that is not about getting even, but about getting well.”— Fania Davis, Restorative Justice Oakland Youth
Founded by Bates students in 2010, Sankofa explores the history and diverse array of experience of the African diaspora through dance, music, theater, and spoken word. This year Sankofa illuminated the experiences and stories of Afro-women internationally linked by the theme of storytelling and friendship.
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