Excerpted from The Daily Pilot
By Vera Castaneda
The coronavirus pandemic and recent insurrection didn’t subdue Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations on Monday.
Several local organizations including the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., New Spirit Baptist Church, Women for American Values and Ethics, National Women’s Political Caucus and the Democratic Party of Orange County, partnered on a virtual celebration with nonviolence theorist and educator the Rev. James Lawson as the guest lecturer.
Shelley Henderson, who ran for Westminster City Council last year, hosted the event and introduced speakers including Black Chamber of Commerce Orange County President Robert McDonald, Aliso Viejo City Councilman Richard Hurt, cardiologist Jacqueline Eubany and state Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris.