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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has one of the most familiar faces on the planet.

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He has delivered one of the most memorable speeches ever given in any language at any time in history. His legacy has impacted how people view the world.

With all this impact, you’d think that we have a clear vision of his dream. We don’t. Most people believe Dr. King’s dream was that we would live in peace with each other. These people forget that peace was merely a vehicle to get to where the dream could be realized. Dr. King’s dream is to change the reality that race is the dividing line between access to the American Dream and living the American Nightmare.

Race still is the dividing issue.  Dr. King exposed it at a time that people would kill to cover it up. Peace was a means to expose violence.  Love was a vehicle to expose hate. Dr. King was threatened, beaten, and eventually killed to expose America’s living contradiction; race.

If anyone tries to tell you that we have moved past race and that Dr. King was responsible for it, tell them that he was killed because he refused to believe that lie in the 60′s and that we wont stand for it in 2012.

Some say, “The biggest lie of the devil is to make you believe that he doesn’t exist.” Race has been America’s Satan. The more we pretend that it doesn’t exist, the more it undermines the impact that we want to have in the world.

Dr. King used non-violent tactics to compel millions of people to recognize the issues of race and exclusion, address them, and work to overcome them. He believed it was possible, but he never believed it was done. It still is not done!

iLL Holiday Dot Com encourages you to remember the dream as you celebrate this MLK Day 2012. Address race and inclusion head on. Deal with the difficult and convicting feelings this holiday stirs up. Use those emotions to help you include those who don’t have access to the same privileges you have. Treat someone like an angel who looks like hell.

If you would like to join us and Public Allies Indianapolis, we will celebrate MLK Day 2012 with a dramatic reading of Waddie Welcome & The Beloved Community.

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This reading illustrates Dr. King’s dream by showing what difference a community can make when they are resolved to do good together. We invite community members from all backgrounds to join us for an in-depth look at one man’s struggle for freedom and the “Beloved Community” that rallied around him.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Monday January 16, 1-4:30pm

Broadway United Methodist Church

609 East 29th Street

Indianapolis, In 46205

Our goal is to create a beloved community and

this will require a qualitative change in our souls

as well as a quantitative change in our lives.

~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Event sponsored by Public Allies Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center, KI EcoCenter, and the Americorps Alum Indianapolis.

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Many people are waiting on a ‘real’ leader to step up and solve the problems we are facing. They would argue that our country is standing still, and in some cases sliding backwards because, politicians just don’t get it. Some would say that it is because most of our religious leaders are either corrupt or worse-cowards. Even other people would say that greedy businessmen are the problem.

What I believe is that the problem is me. I am the problem. Everyone like me who has passed up on an opportunity to help themselves is the problem. Anyone like me who has overlooked the opportunity to share their extra(knowledge, time, money, strength) is the problem.

The buck doesn’t stop with the politician-it stops with me. It stops with normal people. We are the answer we have been waiting for. Everyone of us who is the problem…is also THE Solution.

For the past 14 months I have been working with a community organization called Public Allies that operates with the mindset that Everybody Leads. This simply means that everyone brings something to the table. There is no such thing as an extra person. Each person has something to contribute. Most people will contribute their time, talents, and passion, if given the right opportunity and support.

Public Allies gives that support to young adults who have made up their mind that they don’t look like a leader, leadership looks like them.

Without programs like Public Allies, people keep addressing problems the same way. We look for the expert to tell us what our problem is and how they are the only one who is able to fix it for us. Its this kind of thinking that has us stuck on an escalator with no good sense to walk the rest of the way. We are so used to depending on others, that we miss the opportunity to solve our own problems.

So when you wake up and look yourself in the mirror, remember you are looking at The New Face of Leadership!
-iDouble Out!

www.illholiday.com- Open up your mind to open up your possibilities. Check out this independent short by one of Indy’s most gifted independent film makers- Charlie Williams. Charlie is CEO of Ebony Daylight Productions.

His trademark is his ability to intrigue the viewer with an unusually good quality of production and all local talent. The lead in and ending song is by one of our best singer-songwriter’s Mudd Jones. Without further ado, here is the world premier of the short film Telekinesis!

Public Allies www.publicallies.org is asking… Where is the Love for people who don’t look or think like you?