MLK had a dream, what's yours?

Enquirer photographer and photographer Glenn Hartong first approached the editorial board early last month about a project in which we would interview prominent and common local citizens on the heels of MLK Day and ask them: Has the dream been realized?

We all got together and refined the plan a bit and came up with the following, and we'd like your help:

Martin Luther King Jr. outlined his vision or racial harmony and economic parity in his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. The civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner who espoused change and justice through non-violent protest would have been 78 on Jan. 15, had he not been gunned down by an assassin on April 4, 1968.

As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Day we want you to tell us what your dream is for the future. Did King's philosophy inspire you during the turbulence of the civil rights struggle? Does it continue to do so today?

The Jan. 14 Forum will feature the opinions in print and on video of well-known citizens as well as those who are less well-known. To participate, send us your dream for America in 200 words or less to letters@enquirer.com. Write "dream" on the subject line. Please include a daytime telephone number where you can be reached. You can also attach your response to the posting on this subject on the Today at the Forum blog at Cincinnati.com. Keyword: blogs.

Our hope is to have enough responses by Monday, so that we can select candidates to be taped and choose the best responses.Thanks