Category: MLK

• Rewrite History as Love

  In his 1967 speech, “A Time To Break The Silence,” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that force which is just emotional bosh. I am speaking of that force which all of the great […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 14, 2013

  engagement, history, MLK, personal engagement, social change

• You Don’t HAVE To Volunteer

  People want to accumulate engagement and experiences of engagement like they collect stuff, thinking all the time that the more they gather, do, think, talk about, wonder, and dream, the more engaged they’ll become. The Heartspace Teachings show that engagement is happening here, right now, in our day-to-day movements and ways of being. All of […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 19, 2013

  community service, MLK, personal development, personal engagement, personal engagement, service learning, volunteer

• Savor Small Things

  Recently, the folks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Oakland shared this status on their facebook page: We as a people take the little things for granted. Life may be moving fast but that doesn’t mean we neglect the things that are important to us. Young people from the MLK Center touring the […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  August 29, 2012

  MLK, personal engagement, social change