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“As we celebrate Dr. King and his legacy, we really want to ensure that we’re doing it in the correct way and part of that is making sure that we have the diversity of our area truly represented,” said Williams.
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“We don’t just want to see one color, one age, one group represented. We want to see the diversity of our community accurately depicted through the parade, and this is just a way to do that in a really fun and simple way that brings joy to our community members and also offers a way for us to get to know our neighbors,” said Williams.
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“This year we’ve added a mental health forum that’ll be on Saturday afternoon. So, it’s events like that that really speak to being in touch with the community, getting to know our neighbors and discovering the needs they have—the desires they have," he said.
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During the fifth chat session, Will Williams, a Neighborhood Services intern working at the Historic Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum & Education Center, guided community members as they painted the mural, which he designed.
Williams says the mural is a reflection of how Beachside Chats is making history in the Myrtle Beach area for bringing people together and celebrate the progress already made, with people participating in group sessions with the aim to improve race relations in their neighborhoods.
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The Myrtle Beach Colored School served African-American students in the Myrtle Beach area for more than 20 years. Now, a new Historic Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum and Education Center provides a window to that past, as well as a door to the future for all. Thanks to leadership from the City of Myrtle Beach, vision from former students and a partnership among public and private entities, the old school has been preserved in spirit and recreated in fact, and continues to fulfill an educational mission.
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Will Williams is an intern for the city of Myrtle Beach’s Neighborhood Services Department. Williams has dedicated his time to collecting and archiving stories inside of the Colored School Museum and Education Center, which holds artifacts from the original colored school.