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Celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Local memorial for a national hero

Students taking initiative

Honoring his memory

Public art celebrating history

The Eagles Auditorium

National sites honoring Dr. King

Educational programs and resources

Other resources

Research collections

Selected quotes
Remembering Dr. King...a celebration of his life.

Individual and Group Humanitarian Award winners


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2005

Individual Award

Alyce Green, Adult and Juvenile Detention

Group Award

Assessor’s Office, Residential and Commercial Divisions


2004

Individual Award

  • Sadikifu Akina-James, Community and Human Services
  • Cheryl Markham, Community and Human Services

Group Award

Superior Court, South One Juvenile Probation Unit, Renton


2003

Individual Award

Tito Titus, formerly Asst. Hearing Examiner

Group Award

Development and Environmental Services, Code Enforcement


2002

Individual Award

Sia Puloka, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney

Group Award

Department of Transportation, Transit, Power and Facilities Diversity


2001

Group Award

Undoing Institutional Racism Work Group

Individual Award

Hank Bradberry, Parks & Recreation


2000

Group Award

Employee-based AA/EEO Advisory Committee

Individual Award

Kathy Carson, Health Dept.

Student Essay Awards

  • Kelsey Jacobs
  • Jodi Minehan
  • Shannon Mercado

1999

Individual Award

Lottie Cross

Group Award

Department of Parks and Recreation, Maintenance & Facilities Division


1998

Group Awards

  • Internship Program
  • Capital Improvement Program
  • Carl Mack

Individual Awards

  • Dave Pedersen, Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural Resources, “C” Crew Supervisor, East Section Reclamation Plant in Renton
  • Theresa Roscoe, Human Resources Program Specialist, Office of Human Resources Management

1997

Humanitarian Award

Esther Alley, Project Manager, Economic Development Program


1996

Recipients

  • Arthur Wallenstein
  • Hulet Gates, III
  • Paul Toliver
  • Eastgate Spanish Interpreters Group: Maria Kuntz, Mary Gutierrez, Odalys Bissel

Appreciation Awards

Bruce Laing, Metropolitan King County Council—Retired


1995

Division Plaques

  • Growth Management Section, Planning and Community Deveopment
  • West Point Capital Projects Division, Metro

Employee Award Winners:

  • Carl Bernard Mack, Technical Services Dept., Metro
  • Officer Melvin Dickson, King County Dept. of Public Safety

1994

Department Plaque

King County Dept. of Public Works

Division Plaque

The Operations Division-Metro

Individual Plaques

  • Mark Wirschem, Youth Treatment Coordinator for Public Health
  • Pam Peters, Metro’s EEO Office

1993

Division Plaques

Records and Elections

Division Certificates

  • King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Diversity Committee
  • Interpreters of Seattle/King County Health Department

Individual Plaque

James Huggins

Individual Certificates

  • Rick Miller, Posthumous
  • Dale Hylton
  • Captain Oliver Moore
  • Lieutenant Philip Adams
  • Ann Eft
  • Judge Carolyn Hayek
  • Ester Patrick
  • Jane Hague
  • Victoria Lealand
  • Sheila Guy-Snowden
  • Suzanne Jackson
  • Mary Ann Morbley
  • Pat Mouton
  • Polly Young
  • Martha Cohen

1992

Department Certificates

  • Housing Rehabilitation Program
  • King County Child Care Program
  • Department of Assessments
  • System Services
  • Public Works
  • Building and Land Development

Department Plaques

Arts Commission

Special Acknowledgments

  • Mark’s Place
  • Dennis of Mark’s Place

Individual Plaque

John Little

Individual Certificates

  • Ethel Jackson
  • Kathy Barnes
  • Marian Honeysuckle
  • Cindy Muhammad
  • Julia Basset
  • Debora Gay
  • Megan Smith
  • Sherman Ewing, Sr.
  • Arthur Wallenstein
  • Cal Shirley
  • Robert Roth
  • Jim Yerby
  • Humphrey Eckard
  • Barbara Butler
  • Dan Hughes
  • Victor Greer
  • Michael Hogan
  • Larry Gettle

Updated: Jan. 11, 2006

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