National Day of Service, MLK Day, Healthiest Ames Initiative

Guest host Lauris Olson and co-host Gale Seiler talk to:
• Ashley Maurer of the Volunteer Center of Story County about Day of Service projects happening around Story County
• ISU students describing how MLK Day was observers in their respective K-12 schools
• Viveca Dillard and Damarius Fleming about the significance of MLK Day to black students, schools and families
• Local residents about the movie, Selma, and how it portrays Dr. King in the days leading up to the historic march in Alabama
• Each other about the history of the holiday and its strong association with service
• Cheryl Langston, co-chairperson of the Healthiest Ames Initiative, about the $75,000 matching grant the group received two weeks ago

Online Information Sources:
• Volunteer Services of Story County
• Healthiest Ames Initiative
• The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

Originally broadcast 01/19/2015
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