MLK Jr. Community Service Awards

2013 MLK Program Information

"Uniting Communities to Keep Dreams Alive"

Thursday, January 24, 2013, 4pm

Goizueta Business School Auditorium
1300 Clifton Road NE

To the Metropolitan Atlanta Community:

For over twenty 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 our current Dean James 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 and our theme is "Uniting Communities to Keep Dreams Alive." This event will take place on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Goizueta Business School (1300 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322) and will be followed by a catered reception.

The keynote speaker will be Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader, Georgia House of Representatives.

Honorees include:

• East Lake Foundation
• Feminist Women's Health Center
• Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability
• Our House, Inc.
• Project Grad, Atlanta
• City of Refuge
• Furniture Bank of Atlanta
• Men Stopping Violence
• Bobby Dodd Institute
• Georgia Justice Project

We hope that you will join us for this celebration of service.

Sincerely,

Hannah Cooper, ScD
Co-Chair, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee
Rollins School of Public Health

Peter W. Roberts, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee
Goizueta Business School

Please contact Angela Thomas at 404-727-7697 if you have any questions.

Sponsored by the Rollins School of Public Health and Goizueta Business School.