A Diverse Community Celebrates the Spirit of Dr. King’s Legacy
In the spring of 2008, the community of Malden, Massachusetts re-created Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech in a studio at Malden Access Television. Over a period of one week, over 150 community members, representing the incredibly diverse population of this city, each recited a line. Participants in this project were young and old; of every race, creed, and culture; gay and straight; and of varying abilities. With an introduction by Mayor Richard C. Howard of Malden, the video features lines performed by other city and school officials, leaders of local nonprofits, religious leaders, students, teachers, artists, activists, and residents of every conceivable background, ranging in age from 7 - 90.
The result is a moving and powerful video, a uniquely multicultural perspective on a speech that was focused on the African American struggle. The video not only recalls Martin Luther King’s famously inspirational speech, which gave voice to the U.S. civil rights movement, but embodies the dream Dr. King describes, a dream of equality and inclusiveness for all Americans.
For a DVD copy of this video, please contact Malden Access TV at access@matv.org. Copies are available for a requested donation of $10 (plus $2 for mailing,) and are encouraged for use by schools and community groups.
List of Participants in
“We Have a Dream”
(in order of appearance)
Neal Anderson, Mark Damon, Kenneth Coye, Isiah Lockett, Anna Pacheco, Lyne Falaise, Jim Chiavelli, Susan Lawrence, Patricia Beckles, Wayne Jenerson, Annie Middleton, Lindsay Alaimo, Joanne Iovino, Leonard Iovino. Suzanne Tynemouth, Steve Araiza, Gary Christenson, Nekita Lamour, Stephen Winslow, Ed Lowney, Geneva DeColbert, Sydney Smith, Amy Hien, Vanesha Darla, Kim Araiza, Joe Lawless, Taleha Baldwin, Shanae Igbinosa, Frank LaPiana, Tom DeVito, Mai Du, Johnnie Knight-Wilder, Dotty Gomez, Peter Chiu, Christine Russo, Mary Hampton, Sumya Mohiuddin, Kam Shun Szeto, Nicky Falaise, Laureen Scibinico, Daniel Nozea, Joanne Stroud-Lebeau, Patrick Gordon, Meg Steele-Wingerath, Danielle Hender, Arefin Mohiuddin, Vasant Gandhi, Cloe Cheung, Christine Murphy, Iodiah Henry, Fran Lawless, Nilesh Gandhi, Beverly Mire, Kathy Smith, Peg Crowe, Stephanie Pierre, Dianne Buttimer, Loretta Kemp, Melody Tsang, Samuel Warton, Saroj Gandhi, Barry Greenspan, Shannon Anderson, Brian Biggie, Phillip Bronder-Giroux, Kathleen Klose, Jeff Laurore, Steve Rose, Barbara Tolstrup, Tina Clarke, Ed Ligon, Sabrina Morquette, Marian Desmond, Michael Veino, Paula Spizziri, Donald Carrier, Jennifer Machado, Howard McGowan, Clori Pantoja, Stephen Cheung, Michael Macken, Jr., Chris DiPietro, Mary Leonard, Gayathri Arumugham, Michael Macken, William Barron, Ione Alves, Ron Cox, Karamba Diallo, Ruby Bui, Tom Mahoney, Mei Hung, Jimmy Carabineris, Paul DiPietro, Anne D’Urso-Rose, Aime Zoua, Mike Cherone, Andrew Araiza, Keith Newman, Kevin Duffy, Tyler Risteen, Tihun Lawrence, Ahcene Ouldsaada, Amy Chung, Yvonne Sinclair, Jaye Phillips, Randy Ferraro, Hattie Broome, Eugene Szeto, Camille Colantuoni, David Horst, Josephine Royal, Jennifer Alves, Albert Ung, Len Tetta, Sam Kasuli, Steven Russo, Kevin Zhen, Marie Coulanges, Margaret Chiavelli, Crystal Araiza, Treynz Amos, Bahar Baharlu, Wan Lu, Kevin Vien, Nancy Bradley Capasso, Justine Rose, Kenji Yacsavilca, Terry Savage, Carol Keenan, Fernanda Brito, Arthur DeLuca, Karen Lynch, Sherri Zhen, Joe Luongo, Karen Yates, Davis Lee, Beverly Dinkins, Ron Eckel, Joan O’Hara, Terlonzo Amos, Belinda Zhen, Fatima Chibane, Ernie Saco, and Shacoria Baldwin.
