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“Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
What an inspiring way to begin the week! This past Monday morning, members of the Keystone community gathered for the Annual San Antonio Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March. For the first time since January 2020, we were able to walk in solidarity with more than 300,000 other San Antonians in the country’s largest MLK March.
I recall participating in the walk in 2018 before actually working at Keystone and how much I enjoyed it. Truth be told, I was a little skeptical upon hearing that the Alamo City’s March was the biggest in the country. Candidly, it sounded like a booster’s tall tale. I mean c’mon, San Antonio’s march was bigger than places like New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles? In the category of “you have to see it to believe it,” I left the march and started bragging to friends and family that yes, San Antonio led the country.
Even though there are hundreds of thousands of people marching, the walk can still feel intimate. That January morning in 2018, I enjoyed talking with many members of the Cobra community, including seniors in their final semester of high school. I recall thinking that if the people from Keystone who walked that day were truly reflections of the Keystone community, I looked forward to joining them that summer.
Marching in 2019, 2020, and 2023 reaffirmed those initial impressions. Here were people from all over San Antonio and all walks of life marching the almost three-mile route. Families with young children walked side-by-side with the elderly in a joint commitment to making our world a more just place for all.
As we marched the other day, I considered how appropriate it was for members of the Keystone community to participate. For a school with these four pillars - academic excellence, ethical growth, community involvement, and responsible leadership - the Annual MLK Day March provides a perfect opportunity to live out our values.
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