The Baha’is of Pendleton began organizing a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration over 30 years ago, believing that the celebration of this day was one important way of pursuing the dream of justice, peace and equality for all. Over the years, thousands of people have been involved in these events, and The Pendleton MLK Jr. Day Committee is sorry the pandemic is preventing us from celebrating together this year.

We hope that each resident of Pendleton will take a moment on Monday, Jan. 18, to think of how they can further MLK Jr.’s call “for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class, and nation” and is “in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all men.”

Although we ourselves cannot be together that day, we would like to share an uplifting video that celebrates that day from Lake Oswego: https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/martin-luther-king-jr-day-celebration.

Sarah Woodbury Haug

Pendleton