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Juan Galindo and Ervetta Rogers, students at St. Martin de Porres High School, Waukegan Ill, sing during an all-school assembly to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King and the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20. Before and after the assembly, students attended workshops, each one dealing in some way with the theme of the day: " YES WE CAN- Make a difference in our world " .

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World