Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center

RSVP www.mlkfreedomcenter.org - Tix are FREE

RSVP today https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1985093611429?aff=oddtdtcreator for the Barbara Lee Lecture Series featuringPastor Tony Lowden, the first and only Black pastor of a U.S. president -- President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter -- on Saturday May 30 at 7pm at Beebe Memorial Cathedral. RSVP Required. Admission is FREE. To RSVP call 510-434-3988 or go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1985093611429?aff=oddtdtcreator.

The Barbara Lee Lecture Series features Pastor Tony Lowden, the first and only Black pastor of a U.S. president -- President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter -- on Saturday May 30 at 7pm at Beebe Memorial Cathedral. RSVP Required. Admission is FREE. To RSVP call 510-434-3988 or go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1985093611429/preview/?aff=oddtdtcreator

“We all have a 'Selma', a place that is considered too risky or with too much fear to be able to make change effectively. Bernard Lafayette and Joanne Bland teach us to go to Selma, to find hope in difficult circumstances by convincing the people that hope is alive and change is possible. Our first Selma might be our own family, our friends. We must have courage to face these challenges, as unstoppable momentum comes from places such as Selma.” Itzel Palestina, Freedom Center student, as stated in a Freedom Center class honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Joanne Bland.

The Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center honors the lives and legacies of Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Joanne Bland, foot soldiers for civil rights who made remarkable contributions to the struggle in Selma, Alabama, the nation, and world.

This weekend, the Freedom Center was honored to participate alongside our dear friends Mayor Barbara Lee and the MLK Jr. Multicultural Rally Committee, Pastor Thompson and Allen Temple Baptist Church, Reverend Cheryl Ward and Evergreen Baptist Church, Dr. Clayborne Carson, and the Golden State Warriors. We have been reminded in every conversation and speech to work together and guide each other toward justice.

We are the ones we have been waiting for!

We will see YOU at 10am, 99 Hegenberger Road!

Join us and pass this flyer around to everyone who is also looking forward to uplifting time together as a community.

We have worked with our dear friend Ranger Soskin many times. She is an example we can all learn from, in her long life of joining the East Bay Regional Park District at 80 and retiring at 100 years old. At 104 years, she passes on today, yet the wisdom she has left us will live on far longer.
To see more of Ranger Soskin’s life, read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/betty-reid-soskin-death-national-park-service

We have worked with our dear friend Ranger Soskin many times. She is an example we can all learn from, in her long life of joining the East Bay Regional Park District at 80 and retiring at 100 years old. At 104 years, she passes on today, yet the wisdom she has left us will live on far longer.

To see more of Ranger Soskin's life, read here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/betty-reid-soskin-death-national-park-service