Human Relations Committee

MLK Planning Subcommittee Minutes October 22th, 2019 Laconia City Hall - 200B Present: Margaret Donnelly, Carol Pierce, David Osman, Rev. Judith Wright, David Stamps, Kathy James. The meeting came to order at 2pm. David Osman introduced Tom White Outreach Coordinator from Cohen Center a research and resource center on Holocaust and genocide at Keene State College. (https://www.keene.edu/academics/ah/cchgs/) We had been expecting his call but Tom showed up and participated in a lively discussion. He gave us several ideas. One idea Tom talked about was Jonathan Daniels, who was a civil rights worker and a contemporary of Martin Luther King. He was shot while shielding the life of a young black civil rights activist. He was born in Keene, NH. He was proclaimed a martyr by the episcopal church in 1991. There is book about him on Amazon call “Blood Brother” by Sandra Tom told us about a movie, “Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels (2000)” is a 50 minute movie we might want to show and invite the writers Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, who might be available to lead a conversation. Tom also mentioned there is an annual Kristallnacht Remembrance at Keene State this November 7th. https://www.keene.edu/news/events/detail/11242/ We plan to continue the discussion of MLK day on November 6th in room 200B at 10am. David Stamps