| Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and the Goizueta
School of Business select Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers, Inc.
(AIM) as an Honoree of the 2004 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community
Service Awards Atlanta, GA,
January 15, 2003: Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers, Inc. (AIM) has
been selected as one of five community service organizations to receive
the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award, co-sponsored by
Emory University’s The Rollins School of Public and The Goizueta School
of Business. The theme for this year’s program is “Lest We Forget.
Building Community Through Unity, Service and Collective
Responsibility.” AIM’s curriculum is centered on the key philosophies of
this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Award theme, by teaching the
children the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa. The seven principles of
Kwanzaa are Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Work and
Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity and Faith.
The program will be held at the
auditorium at the Goizueta School of Business, Thursday, January 22,
2004 at 4:00pm. Colleagues, friends and family of AIM are welcome and
encouraged to attend. The Rollins School of Public has honored the
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with this prestigious award for
the past ten years. This year’s program is dedicated to the memory of
Maynard Jackson. The speaker will be Elisabeth Omilami Williams,
Director of Hosea Feed the Hungry.
AIM strives to work with the children of
incarcerated mothers on three levels: By working directly with children,
secondly AIM provides the mothers with two self help manuals containing
information on parental rights and responsibilities within the legal
system. The third area AIM offers support is with the caregivers. AIM
provides a network for the caregivers called the Guardian Angels, and
honors the caregivers with an annual luncheon.
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