OUR MISSION
Our mission is to show a reflection of racial and ethnic harmony; bridge building of various ethnic and racial communities; to promote a feeling of racial and ethnic unity in the Mat-Su by facilitating a forum of citizens and stakeholders together through education, communication, and social interactions; to establish and maintain a scholarship fund for Mat-Su Borough graduating high school students; to educate and bring awareness concepts and ideals of Dr. King, and to convene an annual event on the national holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Established 2001, in 2006 the Mat-Su Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation, Inc. ((Mat-Su MLK, Jr. Foundation) reorganized as a non-profit tax exempt 501(3) (c) entity (EIN#01-0867530).
The foundation's email contact is matsmlkjr@gmail.com, mailing address is P.O. Box 875754 Wasilla, AK 99687.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Aundra O. Jackson
President
Simon Brown
Board Member
Linda Sloan
Board Member
Melvin Sage-El
Vice-President
Cheryl V. Puryear
Board Member
Casey Steinau
Board Member
Daphne Barbosa
Secretary, Treasurer
Bertha Rouser-Scott
Board Member
Kendall Stewart
Board Member