In high school one year, I helped run my school’s Martin Luther King Day celebration. I studied up on Satyagraha and gave a speech about the lessons of nonviolent resistance to injustice, and converting your enemies to productive common cause. Immersing myself in those ideas was ennobling for me - I had seen some anger and violence in my life and I was happy to find great scholars and social change agents who embraced a way of peace.
What does Martin Luther King mean in 2009? Community service is a good start:
