a matter of recommitting
ourselves to the founding
values of our community and to
the ideals in which Dr King
gave his life. We celebrate Dr
King with events that not just
celebrate aspects of African
American life but also with
service. service is a core MLK
16af of the weekend
celebration and something we
can try to carry through
throughout the year so we have
activities geared toward
volunteer service we have
comparative celebrations of
music and culture and
background of the civil rights
movement we always have a
keynote speaker to conclude
with on Monday and following
the speaker we gather together
for a community lunch and that
gives us the opportunity to do
two things one we celebrate in
fellowship with each other but
it also gives us the
inspiration to carry forward
into the year ahead, There are
some really important things
we need to remember in
particular this is day is one
where we come where we come
from from and where we are
going so I think that in
taking a look back at the last
20 years when Kathy was
the Hunter Mill Supervisor 
I think that is a good start
what she did to champion
affordable housing what she
did to champion those who
do not  always show up at our
public hearings to think about
people who are not always
first in line the people that
have two jobs the people that
really have to take care of
other things in their life and
do not have the opportunity
and the chance to participate
in public like the rest of us
do that is something I think
as a community we can be very
proud of it is certainly a
tradition I look forward to
continuing. Dr. King said he
had a dream our dream should
be the same dream to move
Fairfax County forward we are
involved in our strategic
planning process. We are
shaping the future together.
And I hope each and everyone
of you understand that what
was said in the sixties is
still happening in twenty
twenty. 
