The committee seeks to recognize those members of our community who build awareness, speak on behalf of justice, celebrate diversity, and impel action in building a better future for all mankind. Award recipients will be those organizations that meet these criteria and embody the values articulated by Martin Luther King Jr.

In our selection process we endeavor to honor individuals and organizations responding to these questions:

Who will give voice to the marginalized?
We encouraged the nomination of individuals and organizations that provide services/ and or advocacy for the human rights of those marginalized because of poverty, race or ethnicity, national origin, gender, or age.

Who will stand for our children?
We will recognize those individuals and organizations that invest their resources for the well-being of children ...our future. We solicited the nomination of individuals and organizations that confront the issues faced by children through the construction of effective programs and advocacy.

Who will have the courage to innovate?
We will recognize individuals and organizations that apply innovative and creativity approaches for addressing societal issues. Our aim is to celebrate nominees who have constructed new ways to address persistent challenges in the lives of the marginalized.

Who will bring community together and pass tradition from generation to generation?
The lessons from the past provide direction for the future; thus we are seeking nominees whose focus is on the preservation of the past as an avenue for community building.

The nomination process for the 2003 MLK Community Service Awards
is now closed. 12/12/02

For additional information, please contact Carol Gee: cgee@sph.emory.edu