PRESS RELEASES - OCTOBER 2006

Second Annual MLK “Sharing the Dream” Awards Nominations are Announced
Entry Deadline is Thursday, November 30

October 27, 2006

The nomination process for the Second Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Sharing the Dream” Awards is under way. The awards program is sponsored by the Arlington Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee. Nominations will close on Thursday, November 30.

There are three categories:

Sharing the Dream Award in Education - Nominations are open to all elementary and secondary school teachers, principals or other education professionals whose spirit of leadership in education exemplifies the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nominees can be a Texas educator at an elementary, middle, high school, community college, college, or university within the city limits of Arlington. Nominations are open to public, private and charter schools.

Sharing the Dream Award in Government - Nominations are open to all whose accomplishments in areas of public policy and government exemplifies the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nominations are open to all employees at the national, state, county, regional or municipal levels of government who reside in Arlington. Elected officials are eligible.

Sharing the Dream Award in Community Service - Nominations are open to all whose volunteer service in the Arlington community exemplifies the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nominations are open to all Arlington businesses, religious organizations, community service non-profit organizations or individuals.

Nomination form and additional criteria are posted on the UT-Arlington website at www.uta.edu/upward/nomination.html. For more information about the MLK Sharing the Dream Awards Program, call Lisa Thompson at 817-272-2610 or e-mail lthompson@uta.edu. Winners will be notified in January and formally recognized at the Sharing the Dream Banquet on Friday, January 12 in the Bluebonnet Ballroom at UT-Arlington. Tickets to the banquet will go on sale in December.