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Follow on Google News | Gardere Receives Dallas ISD Superintendent’s Award for Annual MLK Jr. Oratory CompetitionBy: Gardere Wynne Sewell “Gardere is grateful to have the opportunity to partner with Dallas ISD to provide this unique forum for students to not only enrich their presentation skills, but also to celebrate equality and diversity in our communities,” Gardere has partnered with Dallas ISD to sponsor the oratory competition since 1993. Now in its 23rd year, the event is held in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day to pay tribute to the great civil rights leader by extolling his work and teachings through today’s youth. Fourth- and fifth-grade students are invited to participate, each presenting original three- to five-minute speeches addressing a topic designed to help them learn more about Dr. King’s impact on civil rights. For this year’s competition, students addressed the question: “If Dr. King were to win the Nobel Peace Prize today, what would he say in his acceptance speech?” The Dallas ISD Superintendent’ For more information about the Annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition, including videos of past winning speeches, visit the Gardere Community page at: http://www.gardere.com/ Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an Am Law 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest's largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in the areas of corporate, energy, environmental, financial restructuring and reorganization, financial services, government affairs, hospitality, insurance, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, private equity, real estate and tax. For more information, contact Dorothy Tausch at 214.999.4019 or dtausch@gardere.com, or Jennifer Dilworth at 214.999-4718 or jdilworth@gardere.com. End
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