You know you’ve been living in Canada when you wake up and only realize that it’s Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday because everyone is commenting about it on social media about it.  That is truly sad, and I feel a little shame about it.

Growing up in NY we all knew King’s legacy, he was a hero everyone could look up to.  Protesting, he did it right.  He showed the world that you can make a change and be clear about your principles and ideals without confusing the message.  He got progress because people worked together and were a team, they all wanted the same thing and they went after it in a way that made them mighty.  Civil disobedience, non violent protest, these were things that helped bring the civil rights movement to progress.  If you think spitting in a cop’s face is non violent protest, you’re wrong.  Look to Dr. King as your template whenever you hold up a protest sign or stand in a picket line.

In a large part of the USA Dr. King’s birthday is not a day off from school or work, I remember being surprised when my nieces moved to VA and had school on this day, it baffled me and that was my eye opener that not everyone sees this man as great, even today :(

Are things perfectly equal and civil today?  No, but we keep working, we keep trying and we continue to follow his message, we will get there.

Now I invited you to listen to the entirety of his “I have a dream” speech in it’s entirety, not just the section we are all familiar with.

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