"I have a Dream"

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American activist who became the visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement and becauseof him there is a federal holiday in the USA, which is observed on the third Monday of January each year. 

Thus, January 18 Window on America Center for Future Leaders held a meeting of English Speaking Practice which we dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We looked through the history of this holiday in the USA and discussed questions like “How can we fight against unfair treatment today?” and “What is freedom for you” which are still very important to think a out. We also watched a short video clip of Martin’s famous speech “I have a dream” and shared our own ideas to this topic. Most of people said that their dream was to have peace in the world and find some cancer and COVID 19 treatments.  

Knowing Martin Luther King Jr.

On January, 18th the USA celebrated the Martin Luther King day or the MLK Day - a federal holiday in the United States. The MLK Day of Service is observed as a “day on, not a day off”. And the topic we chose to discuss yesterday was dedicated to this significant person. We tried to find answers to such questions as:

Why is it important to celebrate MLK Day?

What is the main idea of MLK speech?

What do you like to do for others? 

What is your “dream” for our country?

It is always very interesting to get to know about different holidays from other countries and compare them with ours.

Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Day (also known as King Day or MLK Day) is a 🇺🇸United States federal holiday celebrated annually on the third Monday of January. So today @woafl_kherson met #peacecorpsvolunteers from Kherson and Mykolaiv who presented the visitors of the @library_kherson_ua two topics “MLK Day” by Nina Jackson @antonivkawithnina and Hannah Ferguson, and “Volunteering and Community Activism by Casey Forgey and Sarah Winter". 

All guests who came to the center were divided into two groups in order to get to know more facts about this #specialday in the USA 🇺🇸🗽. 

During the #mlkday session visitors learned the #biography of Martin Luther, found out about #slavery and #civilrightsmovement and listened to Martin Luther’s speech #ihaveadream where afterwards they should have discussed the significance and meaning of some of the quotes. 

At the end of this session everybody created their own poster about a community topic or some issues that they care about. During the “Volunteering” session we discovered some #volunteerorganizations thought about the examples of volunteering and made a list of #advantages of being a volunteer. Group activity where we researched Volunteering activities in our community helped us to find some solutions to problems that exist in our city and think about our role in this. We hope that today’s meeting with volunteers was interesting and useful for everybody.Until We Meet Again!