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MLK Day activities on tap for weekend By BReNDAN CARpeNteR bcarpenter@liherald.com
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations at the MLK Center in Long Beach will be spread over three days and will be filled with activities, starting Saturday. Sunday will feature a cleanup inside and outside the center that anyone can take part in at noon as a show of respect for the center named for King. Monday will feature the traditional march to honor King, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Laurelton Boulevard and West Park Avenue and ending in front of
the MLK Center. There will be a short rally outside the center after the march with a few yetto-be-announced keynote speakers. The usual ceremony in the gym will not happen because of Covid-19 restrictions. MLK Center Chairman Cedrick Coad said he does not expect a large turnout because of the weather and Covid, but said the commemoration is important. “It will be good as long as we keep the tradition going,” Coad said. “We know the importance of keeping the tradition alive.” Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft, of
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the mARtiN lUtheR King Center hosted a march with a sizable turnout last year. Temple Emanu-El, a frequent attendee and speaker at MLK Day events in years past, said he is “always honored to be a part of the celebration.” Zanerhaft said the temple celebrates King, as well, with a Shabbat the Friday before MLK Day. The Shabbat incorporates “music and guest speakers and always invites the African-
American community to join,” he said. This year’s, on Zoom, will be the sixth annual since Zanerhaft became rabbi. “It’s important that the Jewish community celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. and what he means to both communities,” Zanerhaft said. Zanerhaft said he believes the city, which generally collab-
orates with the MLK Center for the event, has helped promote and executive it in past years, noting the City of Long Beach “does a good job getting people to walk and march, which is symbolic of Dr. King and his peaceful protesting.” The city has also worked with the Long Beach School Continued on page 12
Women dominate City Council for first time in L.B. history By JAmes BeRNsteiN jbernstein@liherald.com
The City of Long Beach was founded 100 years ago by William Reynolds, a master builder and politician who developed the boardwalk and major parts of the barrier island. Today, women run the city. For the first time in Long Beach history, the City Council is dominated, 3-2, by women. Karen McInnis, 50, who has been on the council since 2019, was selected by the five-member council as its new president, at its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 4. Tina Posterli, a former mem-
ber of the Board of Education, was elected to the council in November. She was seated Jan. 4. Liz Treston has been on the council since 2019. The other two members are former President John Bendo and Roy Lester, who was elected in November. The city manager, Donna Gayden, who oversees all Long Beach operations, was hired in 2020, the city’s first female and first Black manager. McInnis, a chief financial officer at a nonprofit, the Association of American Publishers, said that at first she did not believe a woman-dominated council “was a big deal.” But,
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she said in an interview shortly after her selection, that “this shows a lot of progress from where we’ve come.” “It shows how we have evolved as a society,” McInnis said. Treston said the female-dominated cabinet was significant for her. “We are celebrating 100 years of being incorporated, and
to start out the year with the majority of the leadership team being women is notable. I also think it important for the young girls in our community to see women in leadership positions in the city,” Treston said. Posterli noted she was the only female candidate to run in the November election. ‘It’s significant that more
women in our community are empowered to run and ultimately win,” she said. “The participation of women in government is essential.” The council has had its share of women over the years. There has been Anissa Moore, who was a council president, Chumi Diamond, and Eileen Goggin, now a Continued on page 12