Application for I AM 2018 Activist Training, April 2-4, 2018
INTRODUCTION
In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers went on strike to demand fair wages and safe working conditions. That spring, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to Memphis to join the strikers — members of AFSCME Local 1733 — in solidarity. On April 3, he delivered his prophetic “Mountaintop” speech at the historic Mason Temple, the global headquarters of Church of God In Christ (COGIC). Less than 24 hours later, he was killed.
On April 2-4, 2018, AFSCME, COGIC, and civil, human and workers’ rights leaders will gather in Memphis for a series of events honoring Dr. King’s legacy and the courage and sacrifice of the sanitation workers. For more information about the I AM 2018 Campaign, please visit www.IAM2018.org.
This is more than a commemoration; it is a call to action. The I AM 2018 campaign, whose theme is taken from the strikers’ iconic slogan, “I AM A MAN”, will train and mobilize activists to make change in their communities in 2018 and beyond. The initiative will include organizing, community actions and strategic partnerships.
We are asking YOU to help build a movement of dedicated activists who can continue the unfinished work of realizing Dr. King’s dream.