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Keynote speaker at Federal Way MLK celebration urges systemic change and youth-led action
Summary
Evan Cook, a community advocate and board chair of the Federal Way Black Collective, told attendees at the City of Federal Way's 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Celebration that King’s dream has been deferred and urged local action on education, economic opportunity and accountability for leaders.
Evan Cook, a community advocate and board chair of the Federal Way Black Collective, told attendees at the City of Federal Way’s 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Community Celebration in Federal Way that the nation has “deferred” Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream and that local residents must organize youth-led efforts to rebuild systems that perpetuate inequality.
Cook said integration without structural change has left communities behind and called for bold local steps, including education improvements, economic opportunity and reparations for descendants of enslaved…
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