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Martin Luther King Jr Day, A Day On Not A Day Off

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Martin Luther King JrMartin Luther King Jr said that “everyone is great because everyone can serve.” As you know, January 15, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in 2007, is a very important day for the national service family(of which I am a part of). We are responsible for leading the efforts to expand participation across the country to make Dr. King’s memorial holiday “a day on, not a day off.” And, if we all join this effort – not only serving but leading others in service – we can GET THIS DONE!

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We would like to encourage and challenge all AmeriCorps members, both past and present, to plan a volunteer project to help honor Dr. King. You may wish to coordinate a project with your co-workers, or with a volunteer organization you may work with, or perhaps with a group of local Alumni. To assist with the the planning and operation of a project there are resources available, including a tool kit, at www.MLKDay.gov. Among these resources the Corporation for National and Community Service has developed an MLK Day of Service project registry and volunteer management tool. This tool can be used to do something as simple as just list your project in a national registry, or you can also use it to register volunteers, communicate with them, produce a photo gallery, add video, and roll up results. The registry system is relatively simple, but if you need training to use this tool, we are offering webinars on December 7, 12 and January 4. You can sign up for the trainings at www.MLKDay.gov. We hope that you will immediately go to http://www.mlkday.gov/ and register your project.

We look forward to reading about the projects you are leading across the country. We know that you will engage new partners, achieve great goals, and launch a year of increased civic engagement to meet critical community needs while you intentionally connect those efforts to honor Dr. King through service to others. If you have questions, please contact Rhonda Taylor, CNCS Office of Public Affairs at RTaylor@cns.gov or 202-606-6721.

7 thoughts on “Martin Luther King Jr Day, A Day On Not A Day Off”

  1. I did not know anything about Martin Luther King Jr., when I was young girl. Until later on as an adult. I have read up on him and heard a lot about what he stood for. I was only 6 years old, when he passed away on April 4, 1968. I was in grade school at the time, I am sure a lot of people had taken it pretty hard about his death. He died so young and went too soon. I know others have died for what they stood for. Martin Luther King Jr. was a martyr and a man of God. It seems to me that the good died young. I am sure people will always remember a man like Martin Luther King Jr. He’s not really gone, he is in spirit with us always. He tried to put a stop to segregation ( I think is how you spell it). To bring all races together as one with help from God. I am not angry about Martin Luther King Jr. being killed. I am not hostile toward the whites at all. I was too young back then, when his life was taken from him. I don’t look at color in any race, I just look at the inside of a person’s heart. Thank you Martin Luther King Jr. for what you have done and stood for.

  2. Martin Luther King was a good leader for the black as well as the whites. I miss him a lot,i was just born when he died now im a women. He really really looks like my father who died in 1996 in a car accident. Imiss him so much.

  3. I was born seven months after Martin Luther King was assassinated. As I was growing up my mom taught me what Martin Luther King stood for. She had a big picture on her wall of three men. It was Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and I would always ask her who were those people. She explained how important they all were. As I were growing up I know that Marin Luther King was a Civil Rights leader, pastor, and was given the noble peace prize in 1964. He also tried to put a stop to segregation with the help from God. Martin Luther King loved everyone and his dream was to bring whites and blacks together. I’m so glad my mom and dad never taught me prejudice. When I was in grade school their was only one or two white children that went to my school. In middle and high school I met a lot of white students, it was a nice experience for me. Later in my life I met my husband, who is white. We have been married for 16 years, at this time we still get the stares from people. But it’s okay because this is one of Martin Luther King dream through God. I will continue to pray that everyone of the world will love each other through God, no matter what color you are.

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