Students invited to submit King essay
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News from the Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition
RONAN — Students are invited to submit an essay for the annual Martin Luther King essay contest, explaining in 250 words or less what this quote means to them and how they personally might implement it into their lives: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends,” Martin Luther King, Jr.
This contest is open to public, private and home-schooled students in grades 7-12 living within Reservation boundaries and will be judged by local writers. There is no fee to enter. Entries must be typewritten and include the name age, grade and telephone number on the back of the entry. One entry per student. Essays are due by Dec. 18. Mail to FRHRC, Box 111, Ronan MT 59864.
Prizes will be given for the top three essays in grade levels 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. Winners will be announced and essays exhibited at a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Mission Valley United Methodist Church, 70715 Highway 93, top of Post Creek Hill. Winners are encouraged to attend. There will be entertainment and refreshments at the celebration.
Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition is a local 501c3 non-profit which has been sponsoring cultural fairs, workshops and Hate-Free Zone activities in the reservation community for the last 26 years.
For more information call 406-745-4259 or 406-745-3303.
