Communities In Schools Houston Observes

Communities In Schools Houston (CIS) is part of the Community of Respect initiative, a No Place for Hate program of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Community of Respect was developed for organizations to engender respect for individual and group differences while challenging prejudice and discrimination.

CIS will be conducting activities throughout the year to celebrate different heritages and backgrounds. On the 19th of this month, we observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. King was the chief spokesman of the nonviolent civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. He was assassinated in 1968.

CIS encourages everyone to appreciate all kinds of diversity and to stand up against all forms of prejudice and discrimination so that we can help create a world that is a "Community of Respect."

by - Heather Martin, Development Associate