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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Encourages Small Businesses to Give Back to Their CommunitiesSecretary LaHood Joined by Actress, Activist Phylicia Rashad in Calling on Small Businesses to ServeU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today challenged small and minority business leaders to build on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by answering President Obama’s call to use their unique skills to serve others on a sustained basis. The Secretary spoke with nearly 1,000 small and minority businesses leaders in a telephone conference call. “President Obama, like Dr. King before him, is calling on us to once again embrace the spirit of public service,” said Secretary LaHood. “Each of us can make a difference, and each of us must.” Secretary LaHood was joined by actress and long-time activist Phylicia Rashad, Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation Sonal Shah, U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari, and the DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Director Brandon Neal. Phylicia Rashad spoke of “acts of selfless kindness that uplift life and reaffirm life and make life worth living. Service is a way of life. It isn’t just that you impart it to complete a project. It really does instill a sense of personal power from the people who benefit.” “The small and minority business community offers a unique resource for building on Dr. King’s legacy,” said Brandon Neal, Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. “Together we can harness our energies to make our communities better places in which to live.” Sonal Shah said that President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama believe the “solutions to our problems are in the communities,” and urged small business owners to visit www.serve.gov, a new site created to identify service opportunities in their communities. In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service. Taking place each year on the third Monday in January, the King Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service – a “day on, not a day off.” The King Day of Service empowers individuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers, addresses social problems, and moves us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community.” Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Discuss it on SBE Forum >> |
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