Posted
on January 19, 2015
“ Life's most
persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
There
is beauty and wonder in trying to figure out how life, the universe,
and everything works. It's wonderful to try to make the world a more
beautiful place, too – whether through planting lupines along the
highway or through painting murals on public buildings.
But
maybe a part of every life could also be spent answering Dr. King's
question with actions of selfless giving. And I'm thinking of giving
of our time and energy as well as of our money. I'm thinking of
everyone spending a little bit of their time in the world in an
effort to make it a better place—more just, more kind, happier,
safer.
Martin
Luther King, Jr., Day has become a great excuse for people to come
together and work together to do service projects that will help
others.
Check
out the Corporation for National and Community Service website
for ideas, toolkits, lesson plans about Dr. King's legacy, and more.
You can find there stats about last year's Day of Service, and you
can find links to helpful organizations such as AmeriCorps, Peace
Corps, and Senior Corps.
Did
you know...?
The
national Martin Luther King Day of Service was started by Harris
Wofford—then a Pennsylvania Senator—and John Lewis—then a
Congressman from Atlanta, Georgia—who wrote the change into the
law. The law was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
Martin
Luther King, Jr., Day has been observed for many years in Hiroshima,
Japan, and in Toronto, Canada.
Martin
Luther King, Jr., is one of only four non-presidents to be
memorialized on or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and he
is the first African-American honored with a memorial in such a
central location of the capital.
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on this date:
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Australia National Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.
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