Emphasizing three themes, environment, accountability and fairness, newcomer City Council candidate Daniel Lee officially will open his campaign on Sunday afternoon.
Freshly elected School Board member Dr. Kelly Kent will host guests at her home, 4204 Lafayette Pl.
“As our city continues to develop and become more diverse,” Mr. Lee said, “we must take proactive steps to make sure that we develop sustainability and that our government is open, accessible and responsive to all of our residents.”
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By way of introduction, Mr. Lee says:
“I have been a resident of Culver City for the 13 years. In that time I have immersed myself in the community.
“I have made efforts to use the skills that I have acquired in life to make our city and the surrounding area better.
“As a member of the Culver City Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee for the last five years, I have helped plan, shape and execute the celebration from start to finish.
“Growing up in Alabama and in Florida, Dr. King was a constant source of hope and inspiration, even when my family would experience difficult times. Over the years I have served as a panelist and a stage manager for the celebration.
“For this year, I developed and implemented a civil rights curriculum at the Teen Center to increase youth involvement and forge stronger connections between the committee and the community at-large.
Each week, Steven Fisher, a fellow committee member, and I facilitated an interactive discussion that delved deeper into the life of Dr. King, the civil rights movement as a whole and other activists, supporters and everyday women, men and children who were participants.
As both a mentor and an actor in the Young Storytellers program and volunteer at El Rincon Elementary since 2005, I have helped encouraged shy, distracted and enthusiastic students to construct their own screenplays.
I have watched with joy as their eyes lit up when professional actors came in to bring their words to life.
When my personal schedule did not afford me the time to participate the last few years, I have participated instead as an actor, and helped sculpted a flesh-and-bone representation of these young authors’ words.
