Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Inc. (SCLC)
Re-enactment of the March on “Bloody Sunday” on Sunday, March 3, 2013
“Young people, the torch is passed, you have got to stop the violence in your community ... Take up the torch and show your generation a better way. Violence is a public health problem, Martin Luther King has already given us the prescription, the medication and the cure...He's given us the words. He's given us the formula." –Chairman of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Inc., Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr.
Join Civil and Human Rights Leaders, Labor Leaders, US Congressmen and Congresswomen, US Senators, Mayors, Legislators, Politicians, and Ministers and representatives of the Underserved and Underrepresented as we participate in the Bridge Crossing Jubilee on Sunday, March 3, 2013, for “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, will be at the rally at 11:00AM.
We will meet for Sunday Church Service at 10:00am at First Baptist Church, 709 Martin Luther King St, Selma, AL 36703 (at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and J.L. Chestnut), in Downtown Selma, Alabama with Rev. Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., Presiding.
This is a MARCH FOR EQUALITY FOR ALL. This includes those affected by the BP Oil Spill Disaster in the Gulf Coast Region, Voter Rights Suppression, and Equality for Farmers, Women, Gay and Straight People. We are marching for those affected by Gun Violence, Environmental Rights, Veterans and Military Families, Universal Quality Education for the future of America’s children, etc. We are coming together to march peacefully and nonviolently on these issues. Please bring all youth starting at age 16 and over, PLEASE bring them all, the Struggle Continues.
Quote from President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration speech:
“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.
It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.
That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every American.”
Join us on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Transportation is FREE from the following locations. The buses leave at 7:00am on Sunday morning and return at 7:oopm from the following metro areas. Please call the contacts below to sign up! Please bring 2 bottles of water and $10 for Lunch/Snacks/Incidentals!!! LET’S SHOW THE WORLD OUR UNITY!
Pensacola, Florida- Rev. Hugh King, P: 850-281-2746
Gulfport, Mississippi- Bishop Anthony Thompson P: 228-326-3185
Mobile, Alabama-Rev. Kelvin Maye P: 251-370-8827
For general information call Jessica Donahue, (850) 610-0164.
