Martin Luther King Day of Service - Make It a Day ON, Not a Day Off!

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Audience/Grade:	College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s):	All Science and Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science
Learning Resource Type:	Community - General
Media Type:	WWW
Author(s):	Martin Luther King Day - mlkday.org
Description:	Website dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The website is updated annually with opportunities for nation-wide service projects and activities. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sought to forge the common ground on which people from all walks of life could join together to address important community issues. On January 21st, 2008, millions of Americans across the country will once again honor his legacy by taking part in a wide range of service projects - conducting food drives, painting schools and community centers, recruiting mentors for needy youth, and bringing meals to homebound neighbors, to name but a few. In recognition of the 40th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, the Corporation for National and Community Service in 2008 is also pleased to join with other organizations in supporting a new initiative, "40 Days of Nonviolence: Building the Beloved Community." Under this initiative, the King Day of Service will kick off 40 days during which families, schools, faith communities, and other organizations will plan service projects and educational activities promoting Dr. King's message of nonviolence and social justice."
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Related ABET Criteria:	(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context
Use of Resource:	Good opportunity to tie in engineering with community service learning in K-12 and higher education.
Difficulty:	Very Easy
Interactivity Level:	Very Low