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Groomed for Greatness Girls Join MLK March in DC
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Michelle McCaster, founder
and executive director of a girls youth group, Groomed for
Greatness, escorted five of her young ladies to Washington,
D.C. last week to attend the MLK March on Washington. The
March was a commemoration of the original 1963 march that
was perhaps the outstanding event of the 1960’s Civil Rights
Movement.
Just as those present in
1963 observed, McCaster related that this year’s gathering
was also awe-inspiring. “Everybody was all together – Black,
White, Hispanic – everybody getting along,” she said. “It
meant a lot.”
Attending the event with
McCaster were Groomed for Greatness members Miracle
Williams, Kourtney Barham, Natia Nelson, Cynthia Green and
Taryn Johnson.
Groomed for Greatness,
which has been in existence since 2017, was honored in
January 2019 by the Ohio MLK Holiday Commission as one of
three organizations statewide to receive an award. They were
presented the “Youth: Capturing the Vision of Dr. King
Award” in which the criteria exemplifies leadership,
non-violence, and a commitment to excellence and interracial
cooperation as well as adherence to one or more of Dr.
King’s Six Principles of Nonviolence.
“I thought it befitting to
pay homage to Dr. King by taking some of the young ladies to
the march and stand for what is right and just and show
support for Dr. King’s legacy,” said McCaster upon her
return.
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