MLK Community Service Award Criteria for 2005
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee of the Rollins School of Public Health and the Goizueta Business
School of Emory University 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 the following questions:
Who will give voice to the marginalized?
We encourage 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 seek nominations for those individuals and organizations that invest their resources for the well-being of
children - our future. We are soliciting the nomination 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 are soliciting the nominations of 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 the 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.
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