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MLK Commission presentation: sixth-grader reads winning essay; Bishop John Wester urges peaceful resistance

Utah State Senate · January 21, 2008
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission addressed the Senate with an essay by sixth-grader Isaac Fehlner and a keynote from Bishop John Wester stressing nonviolent resistance, moral leadership and lawmakers’ duty to the marginalized.

SALT LAKE CITY — As part of a special order for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission presented an essay contest winner and a keynote to the Utah State Senate.

Tristan Smith, chair of the commission, introduced Isaac Fehlner, a sixth grader from Vista Elementary and the commission’s essay contest winner. Fehlner read his entry describing dreams for world peace, a cure…

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