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Letting Freedom Ring Needs Nurturing at Home and Abroad

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

By Sarah Snell Cooke | Updated on January 26, 2010

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” These are the words of Martin Luther King Jr., whose dedication to equality and freedom from poverty and oppression will continue to inspire for centuries to come. It is fitting that a federal holiday was established to honor him as his ideals and accomplishments represent what the United States was founded upon integrity and freedom for all.

However, as the United States headed into Jan. 22, we were all reminded of how fortunate we are to live in a developed society by the Jan. 12 earthquake that rocked impoverished Haiti. Not only were homes and businesses toppled and human lives lost forever, but its historically unstable government does not have the resources to help its people recover.

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