MLK Day of Service
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Do something great. Sign up for an MLK Project!

Join us as we spend a few hours volunteering and remembering just how true those words are. Like Dr. King, Hands On Central Texas believes everyone can achieve greatness through service to others. The MLK Day of Service volunteer projects and activities will help you understand how you can use Dr. King’s blueprint for civic and social activism to affect social change in your community.

At the heart of our MLK Day of Service are four “Legacy Areas” that we will build awareness and civic action with our volunteers. They include:

• Service
• Diversity, Human Justice, Discrimination & Nonviolence
• Community Revitalization
• Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness

We will start the day with “Reflecting on the Dream,” a civic engagement session that will focus on Dr. King’s philosophies and why they are still relevant today. “Reflecting on the Dream” will feature performances, interactive activities and inspiring words from community groups and leaders including:

• "Get Engaged!" with Theatre Action Project
• "We have a Dream," a spoken word Cipher with The Cipher-Austin's Hip Hop Project
• "Social Rhymes for Social Causes" with DJ Statik
• "Reflecting on the Dream" with Reverend Joseph Parker, David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
• "MLK's Philosophy on Service" with State Representative Dawnna Dukes
• "Engaging and Uniting our Communities" with David Balch, President & CPO of United Way Capital Area

The MLK Holiday is not only for celebration and remembrance, education and tribute, but above all, a day of service. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring youngsters, and many other projects for building the beloved community of his dream.

Do something great. Sign up for an MLK Project!

MLK Day of Service
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Location: Huston-Tillotson University, Davage-Durden Union Building, 900 Chicon Street, Austin, TX 78702
Reflecting on the Dream & Volunteer Check-In: 9:00 – 10:30am
Service Projects: 11:00am – 3:00pm

Martin Luther King Jr's last speech - "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

More MLK Holiday Activities...

Echoes of Color Film Series, a collaboration with KLRU PBS Austin, Austin Area Heritage Council and George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center. Echoes of Color Film Series brings people together through film and meaningful dialogue on important issues facing our community.

Every Mother's Son - In the late 1990s, three victims of police brutality made headlines around the country: Amadou Diallo, the young West African man whose killing sparked intense public protest; Anthony Baez, killed in an illegal choke-hold; and Gary (Gidone) Busch, a Hasidic Jew shot and killed outside his Brooklyn home. "Every Mother's Son" tells of the victims' three mothers who came together to demand justice and accountability.

Show up early - Seating is limited!
Film Screening: Thursday, January 17, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina St., Austin, TX 78702

MLK Celebration & March

Make it a Day ON, Not Off! Join the Hands On Team on Monday, January 21, 2008 for the MLK March & Celebration!

For more information about our MLK activities, please contact Rebecca Saltsman at rebecca.saltsman@unitedwaycpaitalarea.org or 512-382-8614.