[Mitworld] The 36th Annual Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast-Gerry Hudson, Susan Hockfield, Dylon Rockwell, Zenzile Brooks

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 28 |  March 16, 2010

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Deploying Our Gifts for the Betterment of Humankind: What Would Dr. King Say about Us?
February 4, 2010

Gerry Hudson's vision was shaped in large part by what he calls “the real King message,” 
exemplified in a speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave to the AFL-CIO in 1961. In this address, 
entitled “When the Negro Wins, Labor Wins,” King made clear his battle was not merely against 
white supremacy and racism in America, but against poverty as well.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/752

Speakers:
Dr. Susan Hockfield
MIT President
Professor of Neuroscience

Gerry  Hudson
International Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union


Event Host:
MIT Annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The issues of my life, from health care and labor reform to green jobs... the President can’t bring 
those things about. He can want them. He can ask for them, but he can’t make them happen. That 
takes you, that takes me, all of us."
-Gerry Hudson

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Deploying Our Gifts for the Betterment of Humankind: What Would Dr. King Say about Us? Student Remarks
February 4, 2010

Evoking the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dylon Rockwell considers what King might make of efforts to help
victims of Hurricane Katrina, as well as the need to respond to Haiti. Inspired by King, he says 
what we need is a "heart full of grace and a soul generated by love", and hopes this message will 
be a call to action for support of Haiti. Zenzile Brooks encourages all who are part of the fabric 
of MIT to recognize this gift and to use it and tangible ways, to be a mentor, to provide real 
leadership, and to give voice to the voiceless.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/751

Speakers:
Dylon Rockwell
AeroAstro '11

Zenzile Brooks
Civil and Environmental Engineering 'G


Event Host:
MIT Annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"When we combine our gifts with the gifts of MIT, we become great thinkers and doers. We find problems and we design solutions."
-Zenzile Brooks

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Executive Director
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