A joyful crowd filled the new Alan Harvey Theater on Monday, Jan. 16 for the 26th annual MLK Day Celebration. This year’s event — Beyond Race, Beyond Class, Beyond Nation — was hosted by the Piedmont Anti-Racism and Diversity Committee (PADC) and the City of Piedmont. (See full program below.)
Lois Corrin, founder of PADC’s MLK Day 
Mayor Jen Cavenaugh gives remarks 
Corrina Gould co-founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust 
Kate Schatz, author of Do The Work! and the Rad Women book series, was the key note speaker 
Morgan Hunt, a PHS 12th grader and co-president for the Black Student Union, closes the event
Barbara Lee speaks to the audience by way of a pre-recorded message 
Dancers with New Style Motherlode in Oakland 
An ensemble with the Oaktown Jazz Workshops performs “For Children of All Ages” by Bobby Watson 
One of the Oakland Dynamites cheerleading troop 
A young girl listens intently to the key note speaker 
The audience applauds following the performance of the Oaktown jazz workshop ensemble
