SCLC-SC Community Labor Luncheon

On behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Con- ference of Southern California we would like to wel- come you here to our sixth annual Martin Luther King Junior community labor luncheon. All month long we have been celebrating some capacity to live the work of Dr. Martin Luther King and how that transitions to the work that we as a community must do. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California and the work of the Hurting And Hungry Charities and the Beloved Com- munity LA is trying to make a serious difference in the climate of Los An- geles and Southern California. We would like to thank all of our board members, community partners and allies who together we attempt to make an impact each and every day. We are honored to have two amazing people and two outstanding organ- izations that each and every day they attempt to live out the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unite Here Local 11, St. Johns Community Health, Lisa Collins and Ian Foxx. Thank you for allowing us to honor you. SCLC-SC has a lot of work to do we are in the process of voter engage- ment around the country, and making the Beloved Community Los Ange- les a reality. We need you to work with us first of all by getting a mem- bership into SCLC Dash SC and then working with our various programs to make sure that we stay on focus and we do the work like Dr. Martin Luther King inspired us to do. PASTOR WILLIAM D. SMART JR. Co-Pastor Christ Liberation Ministries President/ CEO, Southern Christian Leadership Conference-Southern California PASTOR THEMBEKILA SMART Executive Director of Women of SCLC-SC 1

From Venice Beach to Venice, Italy… He is Hard to Ignore and Impossible to Forget! He is the multi-talented Michael Colyar, actor, comedian, and author. Michael is no stranger to work as he is still packing out shows in major cities night after night. His wit, charm and unique sense of style has been captivating audiences since the 80’s. Michael consistently performed every weekend, 5 shows a day on Venice Beach and was rightfully dubbed the “King of Venice Beach” while performing 9 years straight. His fans can’t get enough of him, “he’s real” “down to earth” “a giver”, they say. Michael’s philanthropic legacy extends beyond his $100K win from Star Search of which he gave 50% to the homeless. Today Michael still finds the time to share laughter with those in need in shelters, rehabilitation centers, schools, and military bases. Michael Colyar is best known for his starring roles in Blackish, House Party III, Nor- bit, The Princess & The Frog, and his role as Mr. Whitaker on the hit television se- ries “Martin”. He is currently performing his one man play called “Michael COLYAR’S Mom- ma’s” and will be launching a 100 plus city tour that has caught the attention of major television, cable, and streaming networks. 2

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Gordon Parks Arts & Literary Award IAN FOXX A native of Detroit. Ian Foxx has been in the entertain- ment industry for over 50 years, beginning his profes- sional career as an actor in New York’s Shakespeare Public Theatre, and then serving as managing producer for the Family Repertory Company, that toured theaters, public stages, schools and television shows across the east coast. Foxx migrated to the Pacific Northwest, where he was an actor and company manager with Charles “Buddy” Butler at Seattle’s Black Arts West Theatre. He later formed the Foxx Follies Productions and they toured the Northwest with a production that he pro- duced, directed and wrote for the 1976 United States Bi-Centennial Celebration called “Red, White and Blue.” After the run of that production, Mr. Foxx made the move to Los Angeles, where he immediately found work as a stage manager with Inner City Cultural Theatre, The Los Angeles Actors Theatre and the John Anson Ford Theater group. He revitalized his “Foxx Follies into a theater workshop as a non-profit organization in the Crenshaw Area of Los Angeles to train young people in all aspects of theatre. He later formed a Partnership with award winning author Herbert A. Simmons to form Corner Boy Produc- tions. He became a staff photographer for the LA Watts Times, and studied creative writing and filmmaking at Los Angeles City College. Mr. Foxx later taught drama and directed student productions at West Los Angeles College. As he became better known for his work in photography, Foxx began to cover commu- nity and social activism, civil rights and political events, and found himself becoming the go-to photographer for non-profit organizations. His photos have been seen in the Los Angeles Times and Sentinel, The Watts Times, Rolling Out, Urban Network, LA Focus, and other major publications as well as on television news stations. He has been the principal photographer for The Black Business Association, SCLC-So-Cal, The Urban League, Motown Records and the HAL Awards, as well as The Brotherhood Crusade, BLAAC and A Taste of Soul. Foxx credits his friend and mentor, photographer Bill Jones with inspiring him to continue his work in photography. While Ian Foxx continues to be a leading photographer in the Los Angeles area, with the creation of I Foxx Media Group, he has expanded his company to reach deeper into developing content for film and television production, community service work, and book publishing. During the Covid 19 pandemic, Ian Foxx was one of the first to transi- tion his production work to include virtual awards shows and events, theatre produc- tions, religious events, and special productions, many of which are streaming on You Tube. Ian Foxx is currently putting together a book and companion video called “My Community” which covers his 30 plus years as a community photographer. 4

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Justice Award Jim Mangia, MPH, President & CEO St. John’s Well Child and Family Center is an inde- pendent 501( C )(3) non-profit community health cen- ter. We serve patients of all ages through a network of Federally Qualified Health Centers and school-based clinics that span Central, South Los Angeles and Compton. This non -profit organization was founded in 1964 as a one-room volunteer pediatric clinic. It has since expanded to become one of the most important and comprehensive safety net providers in Los Angeles County. Says President and CEO Jim Mangria, “Our mission is to eliminate health disparities and foster community well being by providing and promoting the highest quality care possible. We collaborate with others to develop systems and programs to advance equity and fairness in allocating community resources, and to empower and address the needs of the community. 91 weeks after the start of the pandemic, St. John’s has vaccinated over 400,000 people; tested over 100,000; provided contact tracing to prevent the spread; and provided life-saving treatment – from monoclonal antibody infusion therapy to Paxlovid – to hundreds of people; preventing them from being hospitalized and sav- ing many, many lives. We are so proud of what we have achieved in the midst of the worst pandemic our generation has seen. None of this would have been possible, without the dedication and devotion of St. John’s amazing frontline workers, and the partnerships we have built and nurtured over the years with elected officials, school districts, labor unions, churches and community-based organizations. Through our advocacy efforts and our commitment to health equity, St. John’s in- sured that South Los Angeles was first in line for COVID vaccine, treatment and ser- vices. Through our work during this pandemic, St. John’s transformed – into a com- munity health center with the organizational will and capacity to significantly advance public health in the most underserved communities of Los Angeles. And during this unprecedented effort, we continued to provide primary medical, den- tal, behavioral health and social services to hundreds of thousands of low-income families. We must, and will remain ever-vigilant and expansive in order to translate that capacity into lasting efforts that alter the landscape of health for the Black and Brown communities of L.A. With a larger footprint and many lessons learned, we will continue to challenge and fight the historic health inequities which have plagued our communities for far too long, and made South LA so vulnerable to the COVID pan- demic in the first place. 5

Martin Luther King, Jr. Union Justice Award UNITE HERE Local 11 represents over 32,000 workers employed in hotels, restaurants, air- ports, sports arenas, and convention centers throughout Southern California and Arizona. Members of UNITE HERE Local 11 join together to fight for improved living standards and working conditions. We are the union that is fighting for families, assuring that our jobs are safe, respected and provide enough to live on. Local 11 is an affiliate of UNITE HERE, an international labor union that represents 270,000 working people across North America. Our members in the U.S. and Canada work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries. UNITE HERE Local 11 has been a leader in the fight for immigrant rights, and to elect leaders who will represent working families’ interests. In the 2020 presidential election Local 11 ran a 400-person independent campaign in Arizona where the state voted for the Democrat candi- date for the first time since 1992 and elected a second Democrat US Senator. Our membership is diverse- We are predominantly women and people of color, and we hail from all corners of the planet. Together, we are building a movement to enable people of all backgrounds to achieve greater equality and opportunity. One of our goals is to get more Afri- can Americans jobs in Hotel and Restaurant service. Our history began in the 1970s and 1980s, when the predominantly Spanish-speaking mem- bership of Local 11 fought for fuller participation in their union against a largely Anglo leader- ship. In 1989, María Elena Durazo became the first Latina to lead a major Los Angeles union. She began reorienting the local towards greater membership participation and a more asser- tive stance with employers. Since then, Local 11 merged with locals in Santa Monica, Long Beach, and Orange County, and in 2016, with Local 631 in Arizona. This past June, 200 members of UNITE HERE Local 11 and allies took a week-long Freedom Ride for Voting Rights from Phoenix to Washington, DC, to tell Congress to pass the For The People Act. Our Co- President, Kurt Peterson successfully championed our fight for the City of West Holly- wood to vote YES on our Housekeeper Protection Ordinance, which provides housekeepers with a panic button so they can protect themselves against sexual assault and other threats, it will provide all workers who lost their jobs because of the Covid 19 pandemic the right to return to work, and it will provide fair compensation for a fair work load. We are proud of our Hospitality Training Academy (HTA), which provides a variety of workforce development, apprenticeship and training programs to train low income, marginalized individu- als for jobs in the hospitality industry. The HTA provides top-quality, up-skill vocational training to current union employees as well as a variety of workforce development, apprenticeship, vocational ESL and training programs to clients seeking employment in the hospitality and food service industry. 6

MLK Community Service Award LISA COLLINS Lisa Collins is the founder and publisher of L.A. Focus Newspaper, a monthly newspaper spotlighting news of interest to L.A.'s African American community. A Los Angeles native, Collins is passionate about her goal of equipping Black Angelenos with information and resources enough to make better choices in their lives and showcasing the church as a critical component in community empower- ment. It was in 1995 after being frustrated by a void in quality publications serving the African-American community and the church as well, Ms. Collins founded L.A. Focus. A community-based publication, L.A. Focus On The Word strives to acknowledge the role of the church, and it's growing clout and the progress, state and politics of L.A.'s African-American community, while spotlighting news and issues of interest. Additionally, Ms. Collins serves as a consultant to churches and faith leaders on a wide range of topics from the media to event promotion and civic involvement. She has also consulted with corporations looking to expand their faith outreach. Past and current clients include Metro, the Clippers Arena Project, the California De- partment of Public Health, L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, State Senator Sydney Kamlager, Dakota Communications, Black Voice Media and Newsom for Governor. L.A. Focus’ Annual First Ladies High Tea, established in 1998, honors the role women of faith play in shaping the next generation, while providing scholarships to at-risk youth and galvanizing the faith community around critical issues that are impacting it. Prior to establishing L.A. Focus, Lisa Collins served as the gospel editor at Bill- board Magazine for more than a decade. Her career in gospel began in 1988, with her creation of “Inside Gospel”, a daily/weekly syndicated radio series that provid- ed news, profiles and product updates relative to the gospel music community. For the next eight years, she would also serve as executive producer of the show that was broadcast in more than 100 markets nationwide. Collins, a Los Angeles native and third generation pastor’s kid, has also served as a segment producer for BET and authored well over 300 articles on a variety of issues for a number of national publications from Essence to Upscale, including a 12-year stint at Billboard magazine. Her background in the field of entertainment reporting is extensive, featuring cover stories and interviews with the likes of Rich- ard Pryor, Michael Jackson and Prince. 7

KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Cornel West Cornel West is a prominent and pro- vocative democratic intellectual. He is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught at Union Theological Semi- nary, Yale, Harvard, and the Univer- sity of Paris. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Prince- ton. He has written 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics, Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his mem- oir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at nineteenth and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. Dr. West is a frequent guest on the Bill Maher Show, CNN, C-Span and Democracy Now. He made his film debut in the Matrix and was the com- mentator (with Ken Wilbur) on the official trilogy released in 2004. He also has appeared in over 25 documentaries and films includ- ing Examined Life, Call & Response, Sidewalk and Stand. He has produced three spoken word albums including Never Forget, collaborating with Prince, Jill Scott, Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, KRS-One and the late Gerald Levert. His spoken word interludes are featured on productions by Terence Blanchard, The Cornel West Theory, Raheem DeVaughn, and Bootsy Collins. In short, Cornel West has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., a leg- acy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice. 8

Pre- Program Music DJ Reggie Welcome and Occasion Pastor William D. Smart Jr. , President and C.E.O SCLC-SC and Executive Director of Hurting and Hungry Charities Introduction of Master of Ceremony Anton Farmby, Vice President USWW, Board of SCLC-SC Master of Ceremonies Mr. Michael Colyer Prayer Ms. Adjoa Jones, SCLC- SC Prayer Team SCLC-SC In Action Video Acknowledgement of Lady Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson United States Supreme Court Pastor Thembekila Coleman-Smart, Women of SCLC– SC Black National Anthem Inner City Youth Orchestra Lunch is Served PRESENTATION OF COMMUNITY AND LABOR AWARDS Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award Ms. Lisa Collins Martin Luther King Jr. Community Justice Award St . John Community Health Musical Intermission Inner City Youth Orchestra 9

Presentation of January King Gala Awards David Green, President SEIU 721 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Social Justice Award Pastor Jn-Marie Cue ,The Row Church Rev. Thomas Kilgore Prophetic Witness Award Dominique DiPrima, Talk Show Host KBLA 1580AM Drum Major For Justice Award PRESENTATION OF COMMUNITY AND LABOR AWARDS Martin Luther King Jr. Union Justice Award UNITE Here Local 11 SCLC-SC Gordon Parks Arts and Literary Award Ian Foxx Introduction of Keynote Speaker Rev. Jim Lawson Professor, Historian, Writer (New Book, Revolutionary Nonviolence) Freedom Fighter Keynote Speaker Dr. Cornel West Closing Remarks and Membership Pastor William D. Smart Jr. Benediction Reverend Walter Contreras Vice President of NALEC (National Latino Evangelical Coalition) 10

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The Women of SCLC Honor all of the 2022 SCLC-SC Awardees and Honors the Appointment of Lady Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at this year’s luncheon. We are grateful to God and thankful for her powerful representation in the United States Supreme Court. The Black and White theme for today is in honor of her. We pray her great success as she makes her-story. 12

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The Beloved Community is a transformative movement which - through collaboration, reconciliation, and redemption - offers all people the opportunity to be the best that we together can be in kinship and community. With love, respect, courage, and nonviolence, the Beloved Community will bring together diverse communities to work in concert to eliminate poverty and economic inequality, dismantle systemic racism and white supremacy, ensure the human dignity and equality of every person, and achieve justice for all, where every person experiences freedom, safety and belonging and to actively work to reduce the deterioration of the earth’s climate. Building the Beloved Community will begin with four areas of concern: 1. Peace: ending militarism and working to enhance efforts to reduce violence in the home, the neighborhood, and the city. We want to create a new vision of public safety focused on enabling a society where all people are thriving. Rather than continued investment in a militarized police state, we will advocate for investment in the resources that protect and support human health, well-being, and freedom of action. 2. Economic Justice: working to ensure equal access to quality education and competitive opportunities; fair distribution of resources and the fruits of labor. We want to focus on black liberation in a framework of solidarity where everyone experiences freedom, safety and belonging. 14

3. Racial and Intersectional Justice: There is a long history of racism, exclusion, and discrimination against people of color, Indigenous people, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA+ people, and religious minorities in this nation. We are committed to building and strengthening transformational alliances and solidarity amongst diverse communities in our shared struggle against white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim bigotry, systemic racism, patriarchy, xenophobia, homophobia, economic inequality, and sexism. As a Beloved Community, we embrace and will bring together Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian American and Pacific Islander, White, immigrant, poor and working class, LGBTQIA+, and diverse faith communities to seek equity and justice for all. 4. Climate Sustainability: actively engaging in all efforts to reduce the deterioration of the Earth’s climate and to support the world’s people in adapting responsibly to the coming changes. As global warming becomes more evident with widespread changes in weather patterns it is necessary for the community to be resilient to these acute catastrophic events, which include droughts, heat waves, sea level rise, flooding, forest fires, and other anthropogenic -induced deviations. Community Resiliency creates alliances between residents, community-based organizations, and local agencies to withstand climate- related disasters. In order to build resilience, a community must develop capabilities such as (1) prevention, (2) mitigation, (3) response, and (4) recovery. 15

Pastors William D. and Thembekila Smart Executive Producers Pastor Thembekila Smart Luncheon Coordinator / Script Writer Ian Foxx/ Foxx Media Group Video Producer Marcus Redd Videographer and Editor Tina Stephens Production Coordinator Reggie Jones DJ and Music Editor Arnetta Mack / Mack Enterprises Unlimited Graphic Design / Communications Kym St. John Event Manager Sandi Cook Registration 16

NATIONAL SCLC PRESIDENTS 1957 – 1968 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 – 1977 Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy 1977 – 1997 Rev. Joseph E. Lowery 1997 – 2004 Martin Luther King III 2004 Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth 2004 – 2009 Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. 2009 – 2011 Howard W. Creecy, Jr. 2011 – Present Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. EXECUTIVE BOARD SCLC - SO CAL PRESIDENT & CEO Pastor William D. Smart, Jr. Co-Pastor Christ Liberation Ministries Executive Director, Hurting & Hungry Association VICE CHAIRPERSON Rev. William Monroe Campbell Sr. Pastor, Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church TREASURER & CO-CHAIR LABOR COMMITTEE Anton Farmby Vice President, SEIU USWW SECRETARY Jamie E. Wright, Esq. CHAIRPERSON FINANCE COMMITTEE John Ek sclc-sc.org