Lead Awareness, Service, Advocacy, or Philanthropy Projects on MLK Day of Service
Posted by Youth Service America on November 21, 2023
The Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday is an official day of service and celebrates the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. MLK Day of Service is a defining moment each year when Americans across the country step up to make communities more equitable and take action to create the Beloved Community of Dr. King’s dream. His example is our call to action.
Lead ASAP through Awareness, Service, Advocacy, or Philanthropy activities. Use this tipsheet to choose an ASAP project. Then, use the Kids in Action Guide (ages 5-12) or the Youth Changing the World Toolkit (ages 13+ and available in English and 8 other languages) to plan your project.
Find MLK Day of Service Project Ideas & Tips from AmeriCorps.
Find resources for students and educators from The King Center:
- Youth Guide to the Global Goals
- Sparks Tipsheets: Lead an Arts Project, Lead a Sports Project, Lead a Reading Project, and Lead a Nature Project
- Everyday Young Heroes Project Replication Guide Collection
- Issue-Specific Guides: Engaging a New Generation of Anti-Hunger Leaders (Childhood Hunger), We Stand Strong (Disaster Preparedness), Youth in the Driver Seat (Teen Driver Safety), and Health Heroes (Childhood Obesity).
- 8 Ways to Stop Hunger
- 55 Environment Project Ideas
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