DIVERSITY IS FOCUS ON MLK DAY.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer NEWHALL -- They broke bread together, then they sang and remembered the nation's most famous civil rights leader. Two hundred people attended an event for the late Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
Among them was Eunice Villatoro, who was dressed in colorful Mayan clothes with a headband and offered pan dulce from Guatemala. What was the significance of King to her? ``He brought us all together,'' said Villatoro, a Gas Co. worker. ``Because now we understand different cultures ... You have to understand that everyone is so different, and unique and he embraced us all together. His ideas, not him but his ideas.'' Participants got to taste bread from different cultures in the lobby of the Hart High auditorium before taking their seats for the ceremony. The ceremony started with an American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. prayer, and it included plenty of performances from children and teens. Judith Baity and several children from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church St. Stephen's Episcopal Church can refer to:
Led by a group of middle-school girls, audience members held hands and threw them in the air, shouting: ``Everyone matters in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, .'' The event was organized by the Santa Clarita Interfaith in·ter·faith adj. Of, relating to, or involving persons of different religious faiths: an interfaith marriage; an interfaith forum. Council, which in the past has observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a service in a place of worship Noun 1. place of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer house of God, house of prayer, house of worship bethel - a house of worship (especially one for sailors) , said the Rev. Ricky Hoyt of the Unitarian Universalist Church. ``We wanted to do something new and we wanted to attract more young people, and a more diverse group than we were able to get at worship services,'' he said. alex.dobuzinskis@dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) A group of children sing music for Kwanzaa during the 14th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration presented by the Santa Clarita Interfaith Council at Hart High School in Newhall on Monday afternoon. (2 -- 3) Vicki Mercer mer·cer n. Chiefly British A dealer in textiles, especially silks. [Middle English, from Old French mercier, trader, from merz, merchandise, from Latin merx , above, performs an American Indian prayer during the 14th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration presented by the Santa Clarita Interfaith Council at Hart High School in Newhall on Monday. Below, kids from the Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of Newhall discuss virtues. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News |
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