One Way You Can Honor Dr. King's Legacy
Mon Jan 17, 2005 at 07:12:17 AM PDT
I just came across this news story talking about how
The Martin Luther King Jr National Memorial Project Foundation is struggling to raise the necessary money for a national monument in Washington, D.C. to honor Dr. King -
National memorial to Martin Luther King still short of funds.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States marks the birthday of Martin Luther King, as a private group struggles to gather funds to raise a monument to the slain civil rights leader among Washington's landmark memorials.
The Martin Luther King Jr National Memorial Project Foundation still needs 66 million dollars before it can begin construction of the monument authorized by Congress in 1996.
The committee organizing US President George W. Bush's inauguration, by contrast, expects to raise 40 million dollars by Thursday to fund the three-day celebration.
The King memorial must also be funded with private money, but has suffered from a lack of visibility, organizers said.
If you would like to help The Martin Luther King Jr National Memorial Project Foundation get this memorial built, you can contribute here.
Today's Iowa Zogby Tracking Poll
Tue Jan 13, 2004 at 09:53:11 AM PDT
Results from MSNBC
Dean ........ 28 (+2)
Gephardt .. 23 (+0)
Kerry ....... 17 (+1)
Edwards ... 14 (+2)
More results in poll box (story on page not updated yet)---> Link
Guest Blogging at Kicking Ass
Sat Nov 01, 2003 at 10:20:30 AM PDT
I just noticed that the
DNC's Blog will be having Al Franken guest blogging on Monday. Excellent! Further down the blog, I see that they had an entry where bloggers could submit questions to Ted Kennedy and they are going to post his answers latter on the blog. Again, Excellent! This is what I have been hoping to see them do ever since they started the Kicking Ass blog. The reason for the DNC to have a blog, beyond just the idea of fostering a community, is to provide a way for the grassroots (okay, netroots) to interact with the DNC and party leaders, provide feedback and hopefully even let some ideas bubble up from the 'roots. For those of you have been reading Daily Kos for a while, you might remember several months back when Kos was trying to get the DNC to start a blog (among other things) and posters on that thread were suggesting the idea of guest bloggers and blog interviews. We have the DNC's attention now. KOS mentioned in a previous thread that they are even paying attention to the Diaries on this site (KOS, by the way, I
LOVE the new site. Scoop is truly awesome.) So why don't we make some of those suggestions again.
(1)Who would you like to see guest blog or give a bloggerview (blog interview) on the DNC blog, Kicking Ass?
(2)What other suggestions do you have for the DNC blog?
(3)What other sugesstions do you have for the DNC for grassroots outreach?
