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Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

MLK Challenge 2010

Out-of-Network Grantees

 

NC Campus Compact is pleased to provide grants totalling over $30,000 to the following institutions of higher education to promote the MLK Day of Service 2010.

$2500 Grant Recipients
AL
Impact Alabama (participating institutions):
  • University of Alabama & the UA school of law
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Birmingham-Southern College
  • Samford University
  • Cumberland School of Law
  • UA Huntsville
  • Gadsden State Community College
  • Huntingdon College
  • Faulkner University Jones School of Law
  • University of South Alabama
  • Spring Hill College
  • Auburn University
  • Wallace Community College
  • Judson College
  • Alabama Southern Community College
  • University of North Alabama
CA
Occidental College
GA
Georgia College & State University
IN
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
KS
Kansas State University
SD
University of South Dakota
WA
University of Washington
$1000 Grant Recipients
CA
University of Redlands
DC
American University
IA
Simpson College
ID
Lewis-Clark State College
IN
University of Southern Indiana
ME
University of South Maine
MS
University of Southern Mississippi
NY
Alfred University and Alfred State College
NY
Purchase College, SUNY
TX
Angelina Community College
TX
Stephen F. Austin State University
VA
Virginia Tech
WI
University of Wisconsin-Stout

MLK Day 2010 is January 18, 2010.

 

RESOURCES AND RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

Register for Technical Assistance/Training Calls

Click below to register your project(s) by November 30, 2009

Final Grant Report

Due February 12, 2010 for grantees not implementing a spring Semester of Service

Due April 30, 2010 for grantees implementing a spring Semester of Service

 

Resources:

NC Campus Compact MLK Resource page - list of videos, books, and websites with information about the life and legacy of Dr. King

www.mlkchallenge.wetpaint.com -  the NC Campus Compact MLK Challenge wiki. A wiki serves as a webpage on which anyone can modify content and contribute. We hope that your student-planning teams will utilize this wiki as a resource. Students & staff can upload documents, post questions, create new pages, etc as a means of collaborating and sharing ideas and information. Please join (free, and very simple) and share information and collaborate on the wiki.

The MLK Challenge Toolkit* - the toolkit containing information about the MLK Challenge Model created by Appalachian State University. *This document is only for use by applicants and grantees. All other interested parties must contact NC Campus Compact to use.

www.mlkday.gov- the official MLK Day of Service website for CNCS (Corporation for National and Community Service)

www.facebook.com/mlkday - the official Facebook Fan page for the national MLK Day of Service (the link to Facebook below directs you to the NC Campus Compact MLK Challenge Facebook fan page)

Become a fan of the

MLK Challenge

on Facebook!

www.twitter.com/mlkday - the official Twitter site for the national MLK Day of Service

http://www.mlkdayonline.org/ -  Social Network for MLK grantees - you will need to set-up an account and then link to NC Campus Compact's group

www.mlkdaymobilization.org  - official CNCS site for technical assistance related to the MLK Day of Service. You can sign-up to receive weekly mobilization memos or to register for the upcoming webshops hosted by Campaign Consultation, the official MLK technical assistance consulting company.

MLK Webshops

Date

Topic

Mon, 10/26/09

Social Media: Twitter

Mon, 11/02/09

Orientation to MLK Day Tools and Resources

Mon, 11/16/09

Best Practices for Planning/Implementing  MLK Day

Mon, 11/23/09

Social Media:  Facebook

Mon, 12/07/09

Raising Resources for King Day Events/Projects

Mon, 12/21/09

Social Media: NING

Wed, 01/06/09

Getting Media for Your MLK Day Event

Mon, 01/25/10

Social Media: Blogs

Share your photos!

We would love to share photos from your 2010 MLK efforts. We have established a Flickr account so that you will not have to send large attachments via e-mail.  Please make sure that you have secured permission to use the individuals in the photos. Below are instructions for uploading your photos.

To upload your photos into the MLK Day 2010 photostream:

Email your photos to hair80zap@photos.flickr.com.You can send photos individually or in bunches up to 5. Please put your campus name in the subject line of each photo email you send. Feel free to include photo descriptions in the body of the email – but keep in mind that anything in the body of the email (signature lines included) will show up on the photostream.

To view all photos, head to http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlkday2010/.

Logos:

Official Corporation for National and Community Service MLK Day logo


NC Campus Compact logo - jpeg version

NC Campus Compact logo - pdf version

NC Campus Compact logo - postscript version

 

To order MLK items:

For t-shirts, sweatshirts and banners with the MLK logo, visit www.nationalservicegear.org. Click on Catalog and then the MLK logo.

 

 

 

MLK Challenge 2009

Highlights from MLK Challenge 2009

List of 2009 out-of-network grantees

Highlights from the 2009 MLK Technology Challenge Contest here 

Contact Leslie Garvin, the MLK Challenge Program Manager, with any questions.

Leslie A. Garvin, MSW

Associate Director, NC Campus Compact

336.278.7278

 

NC Campus Compact
Campus Box 2257
Elon, NC 27244
Email: lgarvin@elon.edu
Phone: 336-278-7278
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