Odessa, Texas/January 16, 2023-The Black Cultural Council of Odessa and the Black Chamber of Commerce of the Permian Basin held the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The remembrance featured a breakfast and speeches at the Woodson Park Community Center and a march that started at the Salvador Guerrero Southside Senior Activity Center. Officials with Ector County ISD and the board of trustees, football players from Permian High School and State Representative, District 81, Brooks Landgraf, his wife Shelby Landgraf and their daughter participated in the march that ended at the Woodson Activity Center.
(Savanah Morales, President Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce/Odessa Resident)
Savanah Morales was recognized at the MLK remembrance for her assistance with the Black Cultural Council of Odessa and southside church events.
(Savanah Morales, President Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce/Odessa Resident)
The Martin Luther King remembrance and celebration concluded with prayer and a candle light vigil.
(Savanah Morales, President Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce/Odessa Resident)
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera
