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"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"


Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

OUR COMMUNITY

THE TEAM

CHANGE MAKERS*

CHANGE MAKERS*

Jane Rubini, Founder

Tabita Ares, Christina Cultural Arts Center

Carolyn Bitzer, Pacem in Terris

Herb Broadwater, WSFS Bank

Denise Gilliam, Christ Church Episcopal Preschool

Sue Hayes, DE Speech & Debate Assoc. 

Linda Jackson, Community Legal Aid Society 

 Mari Vieira-Gunn  , The Grand

Ben Osbun, Outreach Committee, CCCH 

 Don Peterson, Southern DE Alliance for Racial Justice

CHANGE MAKERS*

CHANGE MAKERS*

CHANGE MAKERS*

Olunifemi Anawo

Julian Brown

Srijay Chenna

Aadi Chinchalkar

Neha Das***

Kaamilah Diabaté**

Dha'Zhea Freeman

Kemuel Harding

Tim Hurtt**

Tyonna Jervey

Quintin Johnson

Da’ Jour Jones

Rishima Mall

Di'zara Miller

Nana Ohemaa Asante***

Ololade Olubowale

Josh Rittberg

Alexandra Simon

Adithcharan Thyagarajan 

Tyrek Traylor

Anya Verucci

Madison Washington

Imani Wulff-Cochrane

 (*Past MLK Contestant) 

(**Cohost 2023 MLK Finals)

(*** Workshop Coach)

JUDGES 2023

CHANGE MAKERS*

JUDGES 2023

Finals January 15

Bebe Coker,  Black Heritage Educational Theater Group 

Doneene Damon, Richards, Layton, & Finger

Dr. Guillermina Gonzalez, Wilmington University

Paul Herdman, Rodel

Joseph Lawson, Southern DE Alliance for Racial Justice

The Rev. Dr. Lawrence M. Livingston, University of DE

Deborah Olatunji, 2019 MLK VOICE 4 YOUTH Winner


Semifinals January 7

  Dr. LaVerne T. Harmon, President, Wilmington University

Senator Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman, 3rd District

Jalynn Powell, CEO & President, OUTLOUD

Luis Santiago, Vice President, Bank of America

Nyani Scott, 2020 MLK VOICE 4 YOUTH Winner

Ian Smith, Parks & Recreation Director, City of Wilmington

Jonathan Whitney, Musician & Artivist


Reserve Judges

Destiny Cheeks, 2016 - 2018 MLK VOICE 4 YOUTH Finalist

Vernita Dorsey, WSFS Bank

Dr. Kevin McAllister, GTLEF/APA

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS & COACHES

Hugh Atkins 

Visual Artist & Past Chair of English Department 

Tower Hill School   


Dr. Donna Blakey & Neha Das*

Adjunct Associate Professor 

English Department, Delaware State University


Mark Bowden & Nana Ohemaa Asante*

Author & Journalist   


 Christian “Anthem” Wills & Nana Ohemaa Asante*

Poet, Artist, & Lyricist  


Jayne Thompson

Associate Teaching Professor English & Creative Writing 

Widener University


(*Past MLK Contestant)

SUPPORTERS

The Grand Opera House, Inc.

Chemours

Christ Church Christiana Hundred

Tom & Betsy Scott

AZTEC Printing & Design

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

New Castle County, Matt Meyer Executive

The Osbun Family

WSFS Bank

Incite Solutions 

Steve McKenna

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Gamma Theta Lambda Education Foundation, Inc.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Zeta Omega Chapter

The Rotary Club of Wilmington

Southern Delaware Alliance For Racial Justice

The Episcopal Church in Delaware

The Very Rev. William B. Lane, Jr.

Sherry Lawton-Fasic

Dorothy de H. Lovett

Thank yoU!

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