Today we honor Dr King
During the 1950s and ’60s, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. recognized the power of service to strengthen communities and achieve common goals.Initiated by Congress in 1994, King Day of Service builds on that that legacy that transforming the federal holiday honoring Dr. King into a national day of community service grounded in his teachings of nonviolence and social justice. The aim is to make the holiday a day ON, where people of all ages and backgrounds come together to improve lives, bridge social barriers, and move our nation closer to the “Beloved Community” that Dr. King envisioned.
It took us 15 years to create the federal Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Congressman John Conyers (Democrat from Michigan), was the first person to introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in 1968. At my work (Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah) we been having treats, poems, and reflections on Martin Luther King. It has been a wonderful day to reflect on history. It amazes me how we are going to be having the Presidential Inauguration for an African American Barack Obama 2009 .
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