
Every day is MLK Day in Atlanta
Why wait 'till Jan 16 to celebrate?

“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
From a letter written by Dr. King while in a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963

In this episode…
Each section has its own narration. Click on the audio players below to listen…
Every day is MLK Day in Atlanta
CONNECT: Take advantage of these exploration tools…
SERVE: MLK Day of Service
APPLY: The Drum Major Instinct
Every day is MLK Day in Atlanta
Birthplace of Dr. King
MLK National Historical Park
Cradle of the Civil Rights Movement

CONNECT: Take advantage of these exploration tools…

SERVE: MLK Day of Service
Metro Atlanta Events — Google Events
Hands On Atlanta — MLK Day
Volunteer Opportunities — United Way, Atlanta
Volunteer Match — National
Atlanta MLK Day Events & Things To Do — Atlanta Parent

APPLY: The Drum Major Instinct
Organize a discussion group (friends, family, etc.)
Read this overview from Stanford
Read this article from The Atlantic (really speaks to Dr. King’s gift as an orator)
Listen to the speech (below)
Take notes
Discuss
Takeaways?
Relevance in 2023?
Action?
“And so Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness. If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness. And this morning, the thing that I like about it: by giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.
Martin Luther King Jr. from his Drum Major Instinct Speech delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA on February 4, 1968 (this excerpt comes at 29:23 in video below)