As we conclude our annual MLK Day festivities, it’s a fitting time to recall the title and theme of Dr. Martin Luther King’s penultimate book before his assassination in 1968. The book was titled “Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community?”
In it, Dr. King emphasized many of the same themes as St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch did last week, during a 1.5-hour Economic Equity Policy Dialogue with 125 diverse equity practitioners (held January 11, 2022).
Welch is the first mayor of St. Pete to stake a “day one” priority on equity in development and business opportunity. He spoke at length about what that means during the Zoom gathering of 140 diverse practitioners and entrepreneurs.
“Straight, no chaser,” was the tone of the mayor’s remarks. In characteristically measured voice, Mayor Welch set a standard for historic commitment to “equity in all.”
