As part of a voting rights movement and despite ongoing segregationist repression, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Leadership Christian Conference (SCLC) led protest marches to the Dallas County Courthouse during Jan. and Feb. 1965. On Feb. 18th, an Alabama state trooper shot protester Jimmy Lee Jackson, who died eight days later. In response, a protest march from Selma to the state’s capital in Montgomery was scheduled for March 7.

Each year, Open Democracy along with a coalition of voting rights and human rights organizations, commemorates "Bloody Sunday" with a Selma Remembrance Event.  This year, we honor Jonathan Daniels, born on March 20, 1939, in Keene and an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. In 1965, Daniels joined the civil rights movement in Selma, where he was murdered.

Please join us on Sunday, March 15th at the St. James Episcopal Church in Keene for “Freedom’s Unfinished Journey.” The event runs from 1:30-3:30 and scheduled speakers are:

• Rev. Elsa Worth, Welcome
• Olivia Zink from Open Democracy
• Deborah Opramolla, Following Jonathan Daniels Example Meet the Team here at Disability Rights Center NH
• Prof. Larry "Lawrence" Benaquist, who made a documentary "Here am I, send me. The Journey of Jonathan Daniels."

We'll also have a short film, light refreshments and music!

Please park in the rear of the church and enter through the back door.  Go to the second floor.  There is a lift for those that need it.

This event is cosponsored by Disability Rights Center, NH Peace Action, NH Center for Justice & Equity and the NH Council of Churches.

Want to join by Zoom?  Preregister with Zoom for the link HERE.