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Martin Luther King III
The
first son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta
Scott King, Martin Luther King III is a human rights advocate and
community activist. In 1997, King was unanimously elected to head
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights
organization founded by his father. He also has led the King
Center for Nonviolent Social Change. In 2006, King was inspired
to found an organization called Realizing the Dream, which broadened
the scope of his work at the same time connecting with his father’s
legendary legacy.
Realizing the Dream is committed to the
power of nonviolence to achieve positive social change. Realizing
the Dream seeks transformation that ensures justice, equality and
community throughout the world through three strategies:
community economic development, youth leadership development and
conflict resolution.
The organization launched a national
Community Economic Development program to address health, education,
employment, housing, economic development and community capacity.
Its Youth Leadership Development program provides systematic coaching,
trainings, mentorship and governance to engage youth of all ages and
demographic profiles as ethical and active decision makers in an
interconnected world. A Conflict Mediation program uses forms of
non-violent training, dialogue, community justice and democratic
governance to increase the levels of communication and mutual
understanding among peoples.
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