We are so sorry to announce that Silverton People for Peace and Silverton Grange annual MLK event is cancelled due to icy road conditions. Please stay safe and check on your neighbors.


Key Note Speaker: Bryan Lewis

“ A Moral Revival and a Poor and Working People’s Agenda for a Better Oregon” “

Portland community and union organizer Bryan Lewis was to present “A Moral Revival and a Poor and Working People’s Agenda for a Better Oregon,” at the 22nd Silverton Annual MLK Observance sponsored by the Silverton Grange and Silverton People For Peace. Bryan can be contacted through Robert Sisk at 503-873-5307.



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Past MLK Speakers

2023

Joel Autry is a local columnist and food security activist with the free community meal program “We all Dine in Silverton!” Autry holds degrees in finance and marketing from Notre Dame University, is on the board of Silverton Area Community Aid and is a contributing columnist for the loca 19th Annual MLK Observance with Keynote by Ahjamu Umi, “Does American Identify = White Supremacy?

2022

19th Annual MLK Observance with Keynote by Ahjamu Umi, “Does American Identify = White Supremacy?

View recording on Youtube

Purchase Ahjamu’s Book, A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence

2021

18th Annual MLK Observance with Keynote by Cameron Whitton, “The Power of Resiliance”

View recording on Youtube