![[Martin Luther King, Jr.] would want us to celebrate him, his birth and his legacy by acting upon his agenda, by realizing the dream, by making the minimum wage a living wage, by having not just family and medical leave, but paid sick leave for our workers, [and] by having quality, affordable child care so that our families, the power of women can be unleashed in our economy and in our society.](/assets/img/quote-photos/martin-luther-king-jr-would-want-us-to-celebrate-him-his-birth-and-his-legac.jpg)
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