KGNU Community Radio: Lafayette's MLK March for Peace 2022 2

This is a story product from CEC Awardee KGNU Community Radio. The organization has been a fixture in the Boulder community since 1978 as an independent, non-commercial entity. Alongside its diverse array of musical and news programming, it’s also an educational hub where, through programs like the Boulder County Media Gardens program it engages “bilingual Boulder County youth through the exploration of media, music, and culture in the digital and analog frontiers.” The Lafayette Youth Advisory Commission held Lafayette’s 17th annual Martin Luther King Day event on January 19th, 2022, at the Centaurus High School parking lot. As an effort to advance Martin Luther King’s legacy, LYAC stands with Dr. King’s family in marking this year’s event as a call to action to collectively fight against restrictive voting laws targeting communities of color. This KGNU Media Gardens feature is a live recording of the 1st half of the event, which showcases speeches from LYAC representatives and Colorado’s elected officials, as well as a slam poetry performance by a representative from CU Boulder’s CU Engage program.

Special thanks to Centaurus High School, CU Engage, the Lafayette Public Library, the Lafayette Recreation Center, and the Lafayette Police Department for supporting the event.