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Contributors
Leela StakeLeela is a director who helps businesses innovate, collaborate and communicate to be more successful. She’s based in San Francisco, has worked in six Asian countries and is interested in the relationship between long-term business success and community prosperity.
Laura PalantoneLaura is a member of our corporate communications team and is based in New York.
James RobinsonJames is a director who brings ten years of experience working on CR strategy and communications in New York, Beijing, and Jakarta. He looks at how CR is employed as part of broader business strategy and has a particular interest in the evolving role of technology and innovation in managing social and environmental issues.
Julie JackA director in APCO's New York office, Julie works on corporate responsibility with a focus on business strategy and emerging issues and trends. Her currents interests and work focus on sustainable agriculture and supply chain management, the integration of CR and financial communications, and CR in the consumer goods space.
Ellen MignoniEllen is a senior director and helped build APCO’s global corporate responsibility practice. She works primarily with APCO’s corporate clients on business alignment and corporate responsibility, stakeholder engagement and partnership development, and communication and outreach.
What are YOU doing with your day ON?
Tara Greco is senior director in APCO Worldwide’s corporate responsibility practice
Monday, January 21st is the official Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Since 1994, this Federal holiday has been observed as a “Day ON, not a day OFF” and millions of Americans have stepped up to volunteer in the community for the holiday.
If you haven’t sorted out your plans to serve, check out the Points of Light MLK Day online search tool to find an activity that interests you.
And/or, you can organize and host a Sunday Supper. This is a new, cool idea from Points of Light which invites people from diverse backgrounds to come together on Sunday, January 20th, to share a meal, discuss issues that affect their community and highlight the power each one of us has to make a difference. Points has even secured 21 free films for you to access, covering various issues affecting our communities today—you can screen them and then discuss over dinner. There’s also a handy how-to guide for setting up your Sunday Supper.
This year, MLK weekend coincides with the Presidential Inauguration, so President Obama is also encouraging Americans to serve. Inaugural activities will kick off with a day of service on Saturday, January 19. The First Family will be joined by members of the administration in several volunteer activities this day.
There are lots of options—all you have to do is pick one!
Catogories Community Engagement, Volunteerism & Service and tagged day of service, MLK, Points of Light, Sunday Supper
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