"Weathering the Perfect Storm:
Striving for Equity in an Economic Crisis"
Thursday, January 21, 2010 4pm
Goizueta Business School - Auditorium 1300 Clifton Road
To the Metropolitan Atlanta Community:
For over seventeen years, the Rollins School of Public has honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Awards Program. The genesis of this celebration grew out of dialogue in 1993 between Dr. Joyce Essien and then Dean of the School of Public Health, Ray Greenburg where they agreed that it was time to align the mission and values of Public Health with the precepts of social justice. With the support of Dean Curran and the diligent work of faculty, staff, and students, this program has grown to be a major event among the calendar of King Week activities held at Emory. Our program is unique as the only event that has consistently recognized and celebrated people and organizations in greater Atlanta whose work exemplifies the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This year's program, as in past years is sponsored by the Rollins School of Public Health and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and our theme is "Weathering the Perfect Storm: Striving for Equity in an Economic Crisis." The event will take place on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Goizueta Business School with a reception immediately following the program.
This year's program is dedicated to the 46 million children and adults who lack adequate healthcare in the United States. The keynote speaker will be Mrs. Christine King Farris, the eldest and only living sibling of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. She also teaches at Spelman College and is the author of several books.
Awardees include:
We hope that you will join us for this celebration of service.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Ph.D. and Peter Roberts, Ph.D.
Co-Chairs, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee
Please contact Angela Thomas at 404-727-7697 if you have any questions.
View pictures from this year's event
Past MLK Community Service Award Recipients
Agencies
- 100 Black Men of Atlanta
- "Access"
The Young Adult Division of the American Jewish Committee's Atlanta Chapter"
"Dinners of Dialogue"
- Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers
- American Institute of Managing Diversity
- Antioch Youth Redirection Program (Antioch Baptist Church)
- Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
- Atlanta Childcare Guide
- Atlanta Community Toolbank
- Atlanta Fulton Public Library (Bowen Homes Satellite Branch)
- Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition (AHRC)
- Atlanta Life Insurance Company
- Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership Inc.
- The Atlanta Project: Harper Cluster
- The Atlanta Tribune
- Atlanta Urban League Young Professionals
- Auburn Renaissance Center
- Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic
- Bosom Buddies of the Georgia Cancer Foundation
- Boys and Girls Club of Metro-Atlanta
- Brain Injury Association of Georgia
- The Bridge
- The Brightside Academy
- Capitol Homes After School Program
- Cedar Grove Middle School Counseling Department
- Central Outreach Center, Central Presbyterian Church
- Central Shelter Foot Clinic
- The Chauncey H. Robinson Youth Foundation, Inc.
- The CHEM LABS of America, Inc.
- Children Have Rights in Society (CHRIS) Homes, Inc.
- Clinical Depression Screening Project -Mental Health Association, (MHA)
- Club HERO, National Families in Action
- Coca-Cola Enterprises
- Community Advanced Practice Nurses (CAPN)
- Community Friendship, Incorporated
- Compeer Atlanta, Inc.
- Cool Girls, Inc.
- Creating Pride
- Decatur Cooperative Ministry
- DeKalb County School System
- Depressive and Manic Depressive Association
- Dia de la Mujer Latina, Inc. (Day of the Latin Woman)
- Dress for Success Atlanta
- Emory READ
- Emory University Institute of Human Rights
- Englewood Manor's Summer Camp/ After School Program
- Families First
- Families First (Central office)
- Fannie Mae Atlanta Partnership Office
- Free Mind Generation
- Fugees Family
- Fulton County Prevention Resource Center For Families
- Genesis: A New Life
- Georgia Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- Georgia Council on Child Abuse, Inc.
- Georgia Diversified Opportunities Corporation - FRESH Program
- Georgia Evaluation and Satisfaction Teams, Inc.
- The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
- Georgia Parent Support Network, Inc.
- Georgians United Against Violence
- Girls on the Run of Atlanta Inc
- Greater Atlanta Community Corps, Inc.
- Greater Atlanta Inner City Games
- Hand In Hand Counseling
- Hands on Atlanta: Atlanta Americorps Program
- Healthy Families Georgia
- Herndon Homes Youth Groups
- Hudson Family Foundation
- IBM Corporate Community Relations
- Inner Strength (Catholic Center at Atlanta University)
- Interfaith Health Program, The Carter Center
- Interfaith Outreach Home, Inc.
- Interpersonal Cognitive Problem Solving (ICPS)- Mental Health Association (MHA)
- Jerusalem House, Inc.
- Jewish Family and Career Services
- Juvenile Court Connection
- Kidds Dance Project
- Kids Alive and Loved
- Kids Gym USA, Inc.
- Ladies of the Light Order of Eastern Star
- The Link Counseling Center, Inc.
- Love Freely Community Outreach
- MACAD (Metropolitan Atlanta Council on Alcohol and Drugs)
- Malcolm X Grassroots Movement & Community Development
- MAN-UP Organization
- MECCA Chapter, National Coalition of 100 Black Woman, Inc
- Mental Health Association of Georgia
- Mental Health Association of Metropolitan Atlanta
- Mental Health Program, The Carter Center
- Mercy Mobile Health Care Services of St. Joseph Hospital
- Metropolitan Atlanta Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.
- Midnight Basketball League of Atlanta
- Mike Glenn Foundation
- Moving in the Spirit
- National Black MBA Association - Atlanta Chapter
- National Families in Action
- National Urban Coalition for Unity and Peace, Inc.
- New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
- Newcomers' Network
- The Newtown Florist Club
- Not Even One Program, The Carter Center
- Oakhurst Presbyterian Church
- Odyssey Family Counseling Center
- Olympic Community Support Project
- The Open Door Community
- Operation P.E.A.C.E (Positive Education Always Create Elevation) Inc.
- Outreach, Inc.
- Park Communities Services Council, Inc.
- Pen Pal Cookbook
- Phoenix Boys Association
- Pinnacle: Leila Valley After School Program
- Planned Parenthood of Georgia's Teen Action Group
- Project Excellence - Bowen Homes, Harris Homes, University, Grady & Thomasville
- Project Interconnections
- Project Success, 100 Black Men of Atlanta
- Raising Expectations
- Reaching Out To Senior Adults (ROSA, Inc.)
- SafeHouse Outreach
- Saving Our Selves
- Seeds of Miracles
- Sheltering Arms Early Education and Family Centers
- Sistaspace Collective Inc.
- SisterLove, Inc.
- Sisters Intelligently Striving to Enhance Real Sisterhood (S.I.S.T.E.R.S.)
- S.I.S.T.E.R.S. of Banneker High School
- St. Vincent de Paul Society - Atlanta Council
- The Stewart Foundation
- Sunshine Brotherhood Community Foundation
- Super Stars Program
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Greater Atlanta Affiliate
- Teen Initiative (Fulton County Library - Perry Homes)
- Teen Reproductive Health Services
- Teens on Target
- The University of Georgia Extension
- United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS)
- Urban Training Organizations of Atlanta
- Victim Witness Assistance Program
- West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
- West End Seventh-Day Adventist Church
- Wholistic Stress Control Institute
- WSB-TV Family To Family Stop the Violence Campaign
- The Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc
- Youth Expressions Services, Inc. (Y.E.S.)
- Youth Leadership for Global Health, Inc.
- Zaban Couples Center
- ZAP Asthma Consortium, Inc.
- Zena's House Inc
Individuals
- Akudo Ejelonu
- Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu
- Bradley Cartwright
- Brenda Joy Bernstein
- Bruce Coward
- C. Talley Wells
- Cindy Bickman
- Craig Washington
- Dalia Gysel Galvin
- Donna Hubbard
- Edna Moffett
- Elizabeth Hearn
- Eslene Richmond Shockley
- Evelyn Mims
- Haley Schwartz
- Herman J. Russell
- Ingrid Saunders-Jones
- James Lewis
- Dr. Jean DeVard-Kemp
- Dr. Jerome Gresham
- Joseph Beasley
- Kerry Smith
- Kimball Williams
- Kimberly Tyler
- Maggie Gilead, Ph.D.
- Marvin Bussey
- Mfon Ufot
- Michael Mauldin
- Nagambal Shah, Ph.D.
- NaTaki Osborne
- Odessa Wheeler
- Orrin C. Hudson
- Otis Hillsman
- Patrick Sutton
- Paul Wiesner, M.D., M.P.H.
- Ra Richard Kabeer
- Rosbert Phillips, M.D.
- Samuel Jackson
- Tarita Serena Triplett
- William Bert Neal, III
- Woody Neal Pearsons
- Young Hughley
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MLK Community Service Awards Programs in Previous Years
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