Shokare Nakpodia was deeply involved in what it took to stage the event that is now said to be the largest MLK Jr. March in the nation.
founder Shokare Nakpodia told his father, the director of a multi-national company, that he wanted to be a Negro.Yet Nakpodia said, “I felt that the African-Americans were the most noble people on earth.”“There was this sense that they were going to succeed even though the road ahead was going to be very hard,” Nakpodia said.
Years later while visiting his sister, a pastor in San Antonio, he discovered a march honoring one of his civil rights heroes, Martin Luther King Jr. “It was magical,” he said. “Hundreds of thousands of people marching in one accord was truly inspiring.”He said after he created his own marketing and advertising firm, “We got a contract to beautify the MLK March route.
The first DreamWeek had only about 30 events, grew to 350 before the pandemic, and this year, there will be more than 200 programs during the 17-day citywide summit focusing on tolerance, diversity and equality, as well as civil and civic engagement. Nakpodia said he expects in the next few years, DreamWeek may have as many as 500 programs for the community.He said the MLK Jr. March and the events throughout DreamWeek, help show “San Antonio is becoming more of the face of America’s tomorrow.
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