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Mayor, keynote speaker urge Tempe to carry Dr. King’s legacy into local inclusion initiatives
Summary
Mayor Corey Woods and keynote Michael D. Long used the Tempe MLK Diversity Awards to highlight municipal inclusion efforts — ADA upgrades, language-access pilots and strengthened hate-crime reporting — and to call for community action rooted in King’s nonviolent tradition.
Mayor Corey Woods and community leaders used Tempe’s 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Awards to highlight local inclusion initiatives and urge residents to translate King’s moral vision into everyday city policy.
Mayor Corey Woods said Tempe has moved into the third phase of its Americans with Disabilities Act transition plan and described recent accessibility work: ‘‘We are currently in not the first, not the second, but the third phase of Tempe's ADA transition plan,’’ he said, noting that the city improved 28 intersections with 129 new ramps and pedestrian features and has begun ADA renovations at Tempe City Hall. The mayor said the…
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