Fifth graders participate in 39th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
Sorensen Magnet School fifth grader Finley Matheson shares her essay about kindness Thursday during the 39th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration in the Schuler Performing Arts Center on the North Idaho College campus.
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Bryce Buskirk from Northwest Expedition Academy smiles as he receives applause Thursday after reading his essay about kindness at the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration.
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Several students raise their hands as Kitara Johnson-Jones, host of Come-Unity Solutions Magazine and Podcast, asks if anyone has ever felt alone. Johnson-Jones spoke Thursday as the honored guest of the 39th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration.
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The Dalton Road Crew and Lake City High School Navy Blues perform Thursday at the 39th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration.
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COEUR d'ALENE — Fifth graders are not too young to grasp the concept that kindness really does make the world a better place.
"You don't have to be famous or grown up to make a difference," Northwest Expedition Academy fifth grader Bryce Buskirk said Thursday morning. "Sometimes, all it takes is one small kind choice to start a chain that changes everything."
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