MLK Day Means Service for Many GW Students

January 20, 2015

Ruth Steinhardt

Several hundred members of the George Washington University community didn’t spend their Monday federal holiday watching TV, sleeping late or avoiding homework. Instead, they worked to better their communities and to honor a civil rights icon with the school’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Leadership, the opening event of a weeklong, university-wide celebration of Dr. King’s life and legacy.

“Today’s great turnout demonstrates the continuing power of Dr. King’s leadership and reflects the very best of GW,” said George Washington President Steven Knapp.

Wearing T-shirts bearing Dr. King’s words—“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve”—nearly 700 volunteers sat cross-legged on the floor of the Marvin Center’s Grand Ballroom for the day’s opening remarks. GW community members joined volunteers from Points of Light, Capital Partners for Education and other partner organizations.

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