SUS AND THE LEGACY OF DR. KING
Posted by Donna Colonna, CEO, Services for the UnderServed:
On the eve of his assassination in Memphis in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.” (I’ve Been to the Mountaintop)
Since 1994, Dr. King’s birthday has been established as a national day of service. This year, a record number of Americans volunteered across the country to bridge the economic and cultural extremes that divide us and help fulfill America’s promise of equality, freedom and justice. Their efforts brought us closer to becoming a better nation.The individuals who served others during this past Martin Luther King Day are part of a much larger army striving to do good. In the last year for which there is available data, nearly 62 million Americans performed unpaid work for a nonprofit organization. Every hour they spent honors Dr. Kings’s life and legacy, and brings us a step up towards the mountaintop from which Dr. King gazed upon a promised land. Join me in saluting them all.
Do you work in a soup kitchen? Do you write letters advocating for military veterans? Do you raise money for people with disabilities? Do you teach at a youth or senior center? Because we can all learn from and be inspired by stories of volunteerism, please comment by sharing your own.
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