MLK Observance: ‘The 99% Have Power’
More than 550 activists from the labor and civil rights communities wrapped up the AFL-CIO Martin Luther King Jr., Observance in Detroit this weekend after taking part in community service, workshops and worship. The events honored King’s vision that collective action is the key to ensuring freedom—whether at the voting booth or at the workplace, and energized participants to continue their work in making King’s dream a reality.
As Michigan state lawmaker Rashida Tlaib said during the conference (in video):
We have to take that energy and that passion that we all have because we’re here, take that out to the streets because the 99 percent have power.


