Bernice King attends The 2025 Beloved Neighborhood Awards at Omni Atlanta Resort at Centennial Park on January 18, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Supply: Carol Lee Rose / Getty
This previous weekend, the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle for Nonviolent Social Change hosted a pink carpet ceremony earlier than an awards ceremony recognizing people and organizations conserving Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy alive.
The pink carpet reception featured numerous celebrities earlier than the MLK Jr. Beloved Neighborhood Awards ceremony befell in Atlanta on Saturday evening, simply days forward of the annual Martin.
Amongst those that had been on the pink carpet on the Omni resort at Centennial Olympic Park had been Dr. Bernice A. King, the CEO of The King Middle; actress Trina Braxton, who additionally hosted the pink carpet reception; actor Tanner Thomason; actress Jennifer Lewis; HeadKrack, the co-host of Dish Nation; and saxophonist and songwriter Kirk Whalum.
The MLK Jr. Beloved Neighborhood Awards featured performances by MaKenzie Thomas, CommUNITY ATL and others.
King Middle EmPow”her” Program attends The 2025 Beloved Neighborhood Awards at Omni Atlanta Resort at Centennial Park on January 18, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Supply: Carol Lee Rose / Getty
A number of the MLK Jr. Beloved Neighborhood Awards and their winners embrace:
- Beloved Neighborhood Civic Management Award – Black Voters Matter – accepted by LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, Co-Founders
- Beloved Neighborhood Technological Innovation Award – PSYONIC
- Beloved Neighborhood Christine King Farris Legacy of Service in Training Award – Morris Brown, Accepted by: Dr. Kevin E. James, President
- Beloved Neighborhood Yolanda D. King Increased Floor Award – Jenifer Lewis -Actress, Singer, Creator, Activist
- Beloved Neighborhood Youth Influencer Award (Particular person) – Heman Bekele, Scholar Scientist
- Beloved Neighborhood Coretta Scott King Soul of the Nation Award – Nadia Murad – President & Chairwoman of Nadia’s Initiative and Nobel Peace Laureate
- Beloved Neighborhood Company Social Influence Award – MARS, Inc.
- Beloved Neighborhood Social Justice Award – AIDS Healthcare Basis
- Beloved Neighborhood Environmental Justice Award – Serenbe
- Beloved Neighborhood Youth Influencer Award ( Group) – Latin American Affiliation
- Beloved Neighborhood Salute to Greatness Humanitarian Award – Laura Arnold, Founder and Co-Chair of Arnold Ventures
The King Middle is predicated in Atlanta and hosts the MLK, Jr. Beloved Neighborhood Awards yearly.
The King Middle describes the MLK, Jr. Beloved Neighborhood Awards as honoring “nationwide and worldwide people and organizations that exemplify excellence in management, pursue social justice, and are serving to to create the Beloved Neighborhood, as envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
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