Feb 1, 2019
By Cheryl LaBash
Frigid weather and the first winter snowstorm couldn’t chill the spirit of solidarity and struggle at the 16th annual Detroit Martin Luther King Day rally at historic St. Matthews and St. Joseph Episcopal Church on Jan. 21. Gail Walker, executive director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), gave the keynote address, reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for fundamental political and economic change — even using the word “socialism” at a time when it was not viewed as favorably as today.
