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Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission addresses Utah Senate about education and equal opportunity
Summary
Reverend Franz Davis delivered remarks to the Utah Senate on behalf of the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission, urging continued work on education, civil rights and inclusive opportunity and recognizing commission members present.
Reverend Franz Davis addressed the Utah State Senate in a Committee of the Whole on Feb. 1 on behalf of the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission.
Davis described the commission’s mission to pursue equal opportunity, education and civil rights and thanked the Senate for recognizing the holiday; he introduced commission chair Tristan Smith, Dr. Cooper and commission director Deborah Charleston as attendees. Davis framed the commission’s work as continuing the pursuit of the civil-rights goals advanced by generations of leaders and quoted Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from the Birmingham Jail and the “I Have a Dream” passage to emphasize the ongoing nature of the civil-rights project.
Senators responded with expressions of appreciation, a motion to spread Davis’s remarks on the Senate journal, and short remarks from multiple members recognizing the commission’s programs that serve youth and promote equity. The Committee of the Whole was dissolved by motion after the presentation.
The Senate recorded appreciation and encouraged senators to continue engagement with the commission’s programs, including outreach to schools in their districts.
