RICHMOND GLOBE
January 23 - 29, 2008

McLaughlin Presents MLK Community
Leadership and Service Awards

By Clifford L. Williams
Globe City Editor

During Tuesday night’s Richmond City Council meeting, Mayor Gayle McLaughlin presented the Martin Luther King Jr. Richmond Community Leadership and Service Awards to a select group of organizations.

The following individuals were present at the meeting and received a proclamation on behalf of their group and initiatives:

Mothers Against Senseless Killing: Charlene Harris, Camille Shortridge, Quallom Rasheed
The Latina Center: Miriam Wong, Gloria Vasquez-Alvarez
Victory Outreach Church: Pastor Beto Mejia, Gina Harris
Continuation of the Tent City Peace Movement: June Cannon, Dewayne Cunningham, Kelvin Davis, Felicia Haywood, Steven Mason Jr., Wilma Miller, Norman Walker
“Plant Love Not Fear” Children’s March: Wendy Gonzalez, Linda Salinas, Arturo Cruz
Nevin Park Funeral Procession to Bury Drugs, Guns and Violence: Anthony Allen, Otheree Christian
Richmond Southeast Shoreline Community Advisory Group: Karathi Hartman on behalf of his mother, Ethel Dotson, who died in 2007.