Martin Luther King, Jr.

Advisory Council

 

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”

 

About the Council

Dr. King believed that people have the power and responsibility to change their community for the better. “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve,” Dr. King once wrote. The truth in these words has never faded. The legacy of his life and teachings live on not only through physical memorials and the echoes of his words, but also through the acts of dedicated men and women across the world.

On May 9th, 2011, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed the bill to create the Martin Luther King, Jr. Advisory Council, which consists of nine Georgians serving four-year terms.

“It will be the duty of this council to promote the principles of nonviolence, peace, social justice and the awareness and appreciation of the civil rights movement and the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Governor Deal said during the signing of the bill.

Supported by the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Advisory Council will promote and plan statewide activities advocating Dr. King’s principles and teachings, on MLK Day and beyond.

Gov. Deal signs SB 141, creating the MLK Advisory Council, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta Monday with Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, bill sponsor Sen. Emanuel Jones and other Georgia legislators.

Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism