Reflections on Dr. King: a conversation with ROC secretary and treasurer Sareta Delgado
Written by Ben Cox – Brownwood’s Revitalizing Our Community (ROC) organization held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration this morning at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza near Commerce Square. ROC Secretary and Treasurer Sareta Delgado spoke with BrownwoodNews.com about the event and what it means to members of the community.
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Delgado said that getting to know your neighbor is the overall theme to events of this type, in an effort to promote unity within Brownwood. When asked what the words of Dr. King meant to her personally, Delgado said that they are a part of her history, crediting her mother, Carol Spratt, with including the words of the civil rights activist in her upbringing. She also said her mother taught her to “always remember where she came from and to be proud of who she is.”
The theme for Revitalizing Our Community this year is “You Be The Difference,” and Delgado explained the slogan as “everybody can do their part” as well as it is a “challenge to others to get them to do what you can do.”
When asked about what she would say to people interested in learning more about Dr. King’s teachings, Delgado said that “love conquers all,” referencing Proverbs 10:12 “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.”
Delgado concluded by saying that “if we don’t look at their color and don’t look at their profit margins,” then we “would learn a lot more and we’d grow a lot more.”
ROC was founded as an outreach organization to promote the empowerment of people, protect area youth, respect cultural diversity and improve the quality of life in the area by unifying all ethnicities in the Brownwood community. For those interesting in getting in contact with ROC, visit their Facebook page.
Photos by Amanda Coers.
