The Program
Martin Luther King, Jr., 2001 Community Service Awards
Thursday, January 24th, 2002 4:00pm
School of Nursing Auditorium, Emory University
In Remembrance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Celebrating Excellence in Our Youth: Making a Difference"
"As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline,
using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
Always avoid violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence
in you struggle, unborn generations will the recipients of a long and
desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be
an endless reign of meaningless chaos."
Excerpted from "The Most Durable Power", a sermon
delivered on 6 November
1956 in Montgomery, Ala. (Reprinted in Christian Century 74 [5 June
1957]:10-11.)
DEDICATION
This year we pay special tribute to four little girls killed during the
bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama,
September 15, 1963. The blast took the lives of four innocent black youth
on a Sunday morning as they were preparing for their Sunday school lesson.
The tragedy was a result of tension following the desegregation of
Birmingham's schools. Eight thousand people attended a joint funeral for
three of the girls. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the eulogy.
Addie Mae Collins |
Denise McNair |
Carole Robertson |
Cynthia Wesley |
WELCOME
Amita Manatunga, Ph.D.
Biostatistics Department
Rollins School of Public Health
INVOCATION
Bryan Peters
Clifton Elementary School, 4th Grade
GREETINGS
Thomas S. Robertson, Ph.D.
Dean, Goizueta Business School
Anne Bavier, M.N., F.A.A.N.
Assistant Dean for Development, Alumni, and External Relations
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
James Curran, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean, Rollins School of Public Health
REFLECTIONS IN MUSIC
Hand Bell Choir, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
PRESENTATION OF MLK, JR., AWARDS 2002
Award for Excellence in Academic Enhancement
REFLECTIONS IN SONG
Friends School performing two original songs
PRESENTATION OF MLK, JR., AWARDS 2002
See List of all 2002 Award Recipients
Award for Excellence in Community Outreach
REFLECTIONS IN WORDS
Joanie Christie, Avondale High School
Reading her award winning essay about Corretta Scott King
PRESENTATION OF MLK, JR., AWARDS 2002
Award for Excellence in Sportmanship
REFLECTIONS IN DANCE
Ahanna Dance Troup, Emory University
PRESENTATION OF MLK, JR., AWARDS 2002
Award for Excellence in Arts
Award for Excellence in Promoting Peace
REFLECTIONS IN SONG
Lift Every Voice
Words are located on the inside back cover of this program.
CLOSING REMARKS
Amita Manatunga, Ph.D.
Reception Immediately Following the Program
Sponsored by the
Rollins School of Public
Health,
Emory University Goizueta Business
School
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of
Nursing
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension,
but it is the presence of justice."
Martin Luther King, Jr.(1929-1968)
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