To the Editor:
In 2018, a play, Words That Made the Difference: Brown v Board of Education, was created. Its purpose was to highlight, during a challenging time, the courage that many took to stand up for justice and fairness in education. This play, also during a challenging time, began a journey—livestreamed across eight countries and performed in six cities.
Again, during a challenging time, Words has been invited to be performed in the city of Selma during the week anniversary of the Selma Jubilee crossing—the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge by MLK Jr. and John Lewis for voting rights. This event is held during the first week of March. Unfortunately, the Selma Jubilee has lost some of its funding, as has the historical museum in Selma.
Our actors, many of them Alamedans, are committed to travel to Selma to perform Words That Made the Difference. We are seeking financial donations and donations of flyer miles to get our actors to Selma. We have very little time, and seek your support to bring Words to Selma at such a needed time as this, when courage to stand up is critical.
Please visit our website to contribute, or email Cindy Acker at [email protected] to donate flyer miles.
Sincerely,
Cindy Acker
SESTERCENTENNIAL
I remember when I came here, ‘cause I wanted to be free,
My wife and children hungry, and they came along with me.
We dreamed of peace and freedom and the brotherhood of man,
We knew that what we found here we would never find again.
Our people came from everywhere, we are a melting pot,
Our origins and heritage should never be forgot.
Sometimes this helped, sometimes this stopped, the progress that we made,
But, in the end, “America” was all that need be said.
We grew and, in our power, we felt wisdom in our youth,
And somehow we felt all we said was everybody’s truth.
We saved the world for sanity, then we all went insane,
Ignored the cries of those who felt entitled to the same.
Now stick around and watch us go, for we’re in our decline.
The dream that wrapped us up in love has started to unwind.
The hope that built our faith into great courage failed the test,
But it’s nice to know that, when you go, you’re going with the best!
Two Hundred Fifty years, for history not long,
The dream that was America is gone.
Arthur W. Lenhardt
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